Franklin and Jefferson are probably as hard to pin down from 200+
years away as they were in the flesh!
I haven't had time to look at the links that Russ and the others sent
in, but remember that quotes (either way) are easy to take out of
context. And that people's opinions do change over time. And that
what was labeled an aetheist in one culture/time may be a radical
fundamentalist in another.
For instance, in Roman times many considered the early Christians
(and Jews of course, Mohammedism not being invented/created/started
yet) aethists because they only believed in ONE god, thereby denying all
the rest.
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Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com
On 28 Jun 2002, Jim Lange wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 22:18, Jim Wildman wrote:
> > Yes, but are they rolling right or left?
> >
> > The first act of Congress was a 4 hour prayer meeting lead by Ben
> > Franklin.
> >
> I thought Ben Franklin was an atheist.
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
> > http://www.rossberry.com
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 btt@nethouse.com wrote:
> >
> > > > Should "one nation under god" be changed to "one nation under
> > > > Linux"?
> > >
> > > Our forefathers are rolling over like crazy in their graves right
> > > about now :)
> > >
> >
>
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