Is Illegal Immigration to be Blamed for Ellison’s Plan to Swear on the Quran?
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 1:00 am
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At least one Republican Congressman thinks so.
Rep. Virgil Goode of Virginia believes that Rep.-elect Keith Ellison’s plan to use the Quran in his private swearing-in ceremony has something to do with the rise of illegal immigration in the U.S. It’s the latest twist to what’s become the most intriguing political rollercoaster of the season.
In a letter to a constituent, the five-term Republican, who, like Ellison, represents the Fifth District in his state, said that he fears that “there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran,
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Comment posted December 20, 2006 @ 11:50 am
Most of the Founding Fathers From what I understand many of our founding fathers were Diests. To name a few:
Ethan Allen
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Also:
Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary (1952) includes in the definition of Deist: “One who believes in God but denies supernatural revelation.” There is no question Jefferson rejected the Bible as divine revelation and rejected the divinity of Jesus. In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson’s appeal was to the God of the Deist, “Nature’s God,” not specifically to the God of Christianity (see letter dated Sep. 14, 1813, to Jefferson from John Adams equating “Nature’s God” with “the revelation from nature”). http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/jefferson_deist.htm
Our country was NOT founded as a Christian nation. Read more here: http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/jefferson_deist.htm
Comment posted December 20, 2006 @ 5:50 am
Most of the Founding Fathers From what I understand many of our founding fathers were Diests. To name a few:
Ethan Allen
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Also:
Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary (1952) includes in the definition of Deist: “One who believes in God but denies supernatural revelation.” There is no question Jefferson rejected the Bible as divine revelation and rejected the divinity of Jesus. In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson's appeal was to the God of the Deist, “Nature's God,” not specifically to the God of Christianity (see letter dated Sep. 14, 1813, to Jefferson from John Adams equating “Nature's God” with “the revelation from nature”). http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/jefferson_deist.htm
Our country was NOT founded as a Christian nation. Read more here: http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/jefferson_deist.htm
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