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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 2233236" data-attributes="member: 17969">Relating to Thomas Jeffersons writings:To Jefferson, the era of the American Revolution would introduce a new social order for the entire world.&nbsp; And the words that inspired a political revolution also threw down the gauntlet to a religious one.&nbsp; &quot;&quot;For centuries, millions of people throughout the world had suffered oppression, injustices, and poverty under the tyranny of kings, whom they had been taught to believe were divinely appointed–designated by God–to rule over them.&quot;&quot;This doesnt sound like an endorsement of GOD at ALL.More from Jefferson:&quot;&quot;When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands, which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them in the separation.&quot;&quot;Again, no mention of the word &quot;GOD&quot;.&quot;&quot;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&nbsp; That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.&quot;&quot;Now of course, you american taliban types want to substitute the word CREATOR for GOD.&nbsp; But that is YOUR interpretation, not his.&nbsp; Jefferson rejected the concept that a &quot;GOD&quot; from outer space left space camp, and interacted with human beings.He called that assertion, a &quot;wild fable&quot;.TOS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 2233236, member: 17969"] Relating to Thomas Jeffersons writings: [B]To[/B] Jefferson, the era of the American Revolution would introduce a new social order for the entire world. And the words that inspired a political revolution also threw down the gauntlet to a religious one. ""[B]For centuries, millions of people throughout the world had suffered oppression, injustices, and poverty under the tyranny of kings, whom they had been taught to believe were divinely appointed–designated by God–to rule over them."" [/B] This doesnt sound like an endorsement of GOD at ALL. More from Jefferson: [B]""When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands, which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them in the separation."" [/B] Again, no mention of the word "GOD". [B]""We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by [SIZE=6]their Creator[/SIZE] with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."" [/B] Now of course, you american taliban types want to substitute the word CREATOR for GOD. But that is YOUR interpretation, not his. Jefferson rejected the concept that a "GOD" from outer space left space camp, and interacted with human beings. He called that assertion, a "wild fable". TOS. [/QUOTE]

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