• cyphear@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    The people who claim that America is a “Christian” nation don’t ever read anything about the values the founders had. Most of them followed a deist philosophy.

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      Not to mention, the King was considered to have a “Divine Right” to rule. I can see why the Founding Father’a weren’t too keen on mixing religion and government.

      • tal@lemmy.today
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        I’m starting to feel that Donald Trump might not entirely live up to the bar set by Thomas Jefferson.