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[politics] The United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion
— Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary
A treaty written by the Founders in the time of the Founders. Not that this will affect Dominionist fantasies at all, but it’s definitely worth noting. (Thanks to AH.)
Posted: 7:28 pm Tue November 04 2008 |
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November 4th, 2008 at 11:36 pmRemember, though, that the True Believers dismiss fact-based and reality-based truths in favor of the truthiness of half-baked fervent belief and vapid, banal, and mundane unimaginative delusion.
Passed a sign at a kirk the other day. “Not by works but by faith,” it said. When asked what that meant, I said, “Don’t drive over bridges built by fundamentalist xtians.”