[Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....

Phil Simpson pgsimpso at gmail.com
Wed Jun 16 15:36:37 MST 2010


Hi Keith Smith,

Please Google the following terms:

Magna Carta
English Law
Common Law

Regards,

Phil Simpson
Systems Administrator
623.252.2547
http://www.google.com/profiles/pgsimpso


On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Will Stott <will at stottland.net> wrote:

> Actually, you are all wrong. American was founded upon by a group of geeks
> at bell labs.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 16, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Malcolm Schmerl <mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Bowie. I couldn't say it better, myself.
>
> I would add that all our laws were derived from the Ten Commandments which
> isn't even a Christian document. They actually predate Christ substantially.
> They came from a band of Jews wandering in the desert after escaping slavery
> in Egypt. They are a set of very practical ideas to live by. The word of
> God? Well, Moses had a very unruly mob to deal with. He needed something to
> add weight to his laws.
>
> On 06/16/2010 01:33 PM, <bpoag at comcast.net>bpoag at comcast.net wrote:
>
>
> Actually.... No. Most of America's founding fathers were Deists. Not
> Christians. They believed in the notion of God, but not Christianity.
> Infact, many of them weren't even ambivalent about Christianity. They flat
> out didn't like Christianity, as you can see:
>
>  <http://freethought.mbdojo.com/foundingfathers.html>
> http://freethought.mbdojo.com/foundingfathers.html
>
> So, please, PLEASE read up on history, and stop perpetuating the "Dehhh,
> This country was founded on Christian values by Christian people!" lie,
> because that's precisely what it is. I'm a Christian. I of course wish such
> a statement were true, but it isn't, and no amount of wishing,
> interpretation, or re-thinking will make it so, and you have a
> responsibility as a fellow Christian to quit spreading BS.
>
> Cheers,
> Bowie
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "keith smith" < <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" < <tfug at tfug.org>tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:43:22 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time
> (Arizona)
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....
>
>
> Interestingly this country was founded on Christin values by Christian
> people.  Our laws used to be derived from the Bible.  I know they do not
> teach that in school any longer and history has been and is being rewritten.
>
> If it were not for those Christians we would not have the country we have
> with the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
>
> If you have followed what is going on in Texas you will know what I am
> saying is true about the rewriting of history.
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Tue, 6/15/10, Robert Hunter < <hunter at tfug.org>hunter at tfug.org>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Robert Hunter < <hunter at tfug.org>hunter at tfug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" < <tfug at tfug.org>tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 10:25 PM
>
> I'm with Malclom.  The nut jobs will need to suck it up, or at least
> take time to learn how to use email filters.
>
> A couple of quotes for you to chew on...
>
> It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate
> its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and
> will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to
> seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or
> driving underground all heretics.
> --Robert A. Heinlein
>
> Treat your religion like you would your genitalia.  It's not polite
> to wave it around in public, or shove it down the throats of people.
> --Unknown Author
>
> --
> RH
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Malcolm Schmerl <<http://mc/compose?to=mjs355@comcast.net>
> mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > First of all, note that the word 'hell' was never capitalized and never
> used
> > in a religious context.
>
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