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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Nothing like a little religious intolerance to start thte day off right. Hey moron, guess what? The founding fathers loved slavery too. Maybe they aren't the best example to follow blindly...
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Well, not to mention the fact that most of the "founding fathers" actually weren't Christians. Jefferson and Adams were deists. Franklin was an atheist.
This idea that America was founded on "Christian" values isn't just intolerant and damaging. It's historically wrong. America was founded on secular enlightenment values. It isn't perfect, but that's the historical truth of the matter. To pretend that American culture=Christian culture is just a way of justifying intolerance.