No prob's.
I agree with a lot of what you say. As regards the Crusades, they were
perhaps Christianity's darkest days.
I don't think you can separate Catholicism from Christianity, if onlyfor
historic reasons. They still worship Christ as the son of a god.
The point about North America being somewhere for persecuted people to
escape to is well-founded. More or less anyone who wasn't following the
state dictat (=church dictat) was persecuted. Hence the proliferation and
diversity of the religeons found in the USA.
I'v never felt comfortable with the exclusionist approach of many religeons.
The "if you don't follow us you're heretics" approach.
Cheers
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: profox-bounces /AT/ leafe .DO.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com]On
Behalf Of Charlie Coleman
Sent: 31 August 2003 20:29
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Subject: Re: [OT] Our Founding Fathers on the issue of America as a
Christian Nation
<snip>
First, I apologize for sounding so insulting in the initial message. My
statement was too glib and brief. I'll try to go a little further here but
still be brief.
<snip>
Sorry for the length.
-Charlie
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