Independence Day Congratulations

Thank you for the kind sentiment, steissd.

thanks steissd...

We can all thank Gen Henry Knox for , well, just being there to provide our revolution with all kinds of "comic Relief"

Here are some interesting quotes I found today. What do you think?


The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion

-- George Washington & John Adams, in a diplomatic message to Malta.

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. -- John Adams, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1814

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

-- Thomas Jefferson, 1823

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

-- Thomas Jefferson

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.... Do not be frightened from this inquiry from any fear of its consequences. If it ends in the belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise...

-- Thomas Jefferson, in a 1787 letter to his nephew

The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

-- Abraham Lincoln

"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action, according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others."

-- Thomas Jefferson

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?

-- Thomas Jefferson, in his 1801 inaugural address

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and all that is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

-- Thomas Jefferson, in his 1801 inaugural address


May I also add my best wishes to those of the posters above.

McT

Thanks also in part to Gen. Jubilation T. Cornpone.

Why do you consider expression "God Bless America" as a propaganda of Christianity, Mr. Apisa? I want to remind you that the Jews and even the Muslims also believe in God, and not in some man-made stone sculpture.