tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post3060555592910722806..comments2024-03-26T00:16:48.402-07:00Comments on Our Founding Truth: Mike Huckabee on the Jon Stewart Show Talking About David BartonOur Founding Truthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01072993191810565535noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-32171120716436807882011-04-11T15:09:12.560-07:002011-04-11T15:09:12.560-07:00It's interesting you wrote the enlightenment r...It's interesting you wrote the enlightenment rationalists denied free will. I've never seen that. Sounds a little like Calvin's unconditional election.<br /><br />He isn't my prof. I saw his work online for the quotes on miracles.Our Founding Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072993191810565535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-37212807380093626052011-04-11T13:12:40.711-07:002011-04-11T13:12:40.711-07:00I have no doubt the Professor believes in what he ...I have no doubt the Professor believes in what he writes. I also have no doubt that Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Hobbes, et al believe in what they wrote. <br /><br />And if I were to be asked what I think Leibniz, Spinoza, Jefferson, Hobbes, et al believed I would have to respond, "read them and find out." For once you do you will see that they put forth zachfornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-54218909659940744612011-04-11T12:08:44.689-07:002011-04-11T12:08:44.689-07:00The Professor quoted in this post, lays out the le...The Professor quoted in this post, lays out the leading Deists of the Enlightenment believed in miracles:<br />http://ourfoundingtruth.blogspot.com/2011/03/did-men-of-enlightenment-believe-in.html<br /><br />It is mysterious that Deists would believe in violating the laws of nature.Our Founding Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072993191810565535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-48855131480042187962011-04-11T11:10:21.999-07:002011-04-11T11:10:21.999-07:00Nope, not really.Nope, not really.zachfornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-63443176593057716842011-04-11T10:54:41.547-07:002011-04-11T10:54:41.547-07:00Hi Zachforn,
I was under the impression the leadi...Hi Zachforn,<br /><br />I was under the impression the leading Deists of the Enlightenment believed in violations of the Laws of Nature.Our Founding Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072993191810565535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-29328159750729987532011-04-11T10:11:15.988-07:002011-04-11T10:11:15.988-07:00Hi. Yes, the semicolon, continues the thought whic...Hi. Yes, the semicolon, continues the thought which is concluded with the line: "it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." Which is to read that because the U.S. was not founded as a Christian nation, it has no religious opposition to Islam.<br /><br />Deism denieszachfornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-73370976257380667292011-04-11T09:49:14.738-07:002011-04-11T09:49:14.738-07:00Zachforn,
That Treaty of Tripoli quote has been g...Zachforn,<br /><br />That Treaty of Tripoli quote has been going around. The semi-colon after religion continues the thought and provides the context for the claim. <br /><br />It is true John Adams was a Unitarian, and did not like Catholicism for the abuses against freedom of conscience--among other things.<br /><br />I was under the impression Deism was the clockmaker god, who wound up time, Our Founding Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072993191810565535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-2404778244379131522011-04-11T04:29:43.935-07:002011-04-11T04:29:43.935-07:00Here are some other quotes by John Adams that reve...Here are some other quotes by John Adams that reveal Mr. Adam's real feelings about Christianity:<br /><br />"God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world."<br /><br />“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind zachfornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730381796968566097.post-10525273709841833172011-04-11T04:22:19.805-07:002011-04-11T04:22:19.805-07:00Below is a legaly binding treaty (the Treaty of Tr...Below is a legaly binding treaty (the Treaty of Tripoli) presented to Congress by John Adams. The treaty was passed unanimously by the senate and became law in 1797. Here's the text of Article 11:<br /><br />"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or Zachfornnoreply@blogger.com