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Originally posted by DeltAlum
In terms of the quotes, they're interesting, but I'm not sure what they prove. First of all, we don't know in what context they were given -- if they were given at all. By the way, I feel the same about many quotes in the Bible. They are records kept by other human beings, and can be recorded correctly, incorrectly or with any kind of "spin" (to use the current in vogue word) that the historian/writer chooses to give them.
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Oh, I definitely agree with you that the quotes are not the ultimate proof that this country was never supposed to have to do anything with religion or that they have anything to do with the Pledge of Allegiance issue at all (I was addressing the person who brought up the "fact" that all of America's founding fathers were Christian), or even that all of them were necessarily said. I just think that a lot of people have misconceptions about the way religion has influenced the way this country developed . . . I think it's important to note that many, many of the most influential Americans, including quite a few of the founding fathers, were not Christian and that some weren't even religious.