>>>>OK, back to the discussion. I disagree. The word 'Lord' was not used to reference Jesus Christ but was used as the normal way of expressing the date at the time. It was not only used by religious people. The lack of the word 'Lord' or 'God' in the content shows the founding fathers dedication to staying out of the issue of religion and associating it in any way with the government.
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>>>So, I'll ask as I did Tamor, why were things like "In God we trust" put on the money? There are other examples, but I think the national currency is a good start.
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>>It wasn't added until 1873 by Congress, not our founding fathers.
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>>http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.html
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>So, the last 136 years then. How about the Declaration of Independence? Are you denying that the people who started this country were not doing so with God in mind?
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>http://www.christianparents.com/declarid.htm
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>And your possible rebuttal, which I find flawed in it's desperation:
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>http://atheism.about.com/od/churchstatemyths/a/doi.htm
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>So I'll head for something more neutral:
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>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288214,00.html
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>Ok, that was a little unfair, but I think you are a Fox News fan of sorts.


Scratch, scratch, dig, dig, the little early worm face gets eaten. You have no idea what I'm talking about.