Comments on: 98 and 21/100% Wrong http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/ Holding Our Noses So You Don't Have To Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:35:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: appletree » Blog Archive » Tuesday Links: ‘Moronic Bigots’ Edition http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-18186 appletree » Blog Archive » Tuesday Links: ‘Moronic Bigots’ Edition Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:12:13 +0000 http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/#comment-18186 [...] the sane Republican, he says that most of the signers of the Declaration were clergymen. In fact, only one of the fifty-six were [...] [...] the sane Republican, he says that most of the signers of the Declaration were clergymen. In fact, only one of the fifty-six were [...]

]]> By: The Sleep Thief http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-18054 The Sleep Thief Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:41:37 +0000 http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/#comment-18054 If you check the Wikipedia entry on Deism, you find a quote that captures the meaning of Deism as it was current around the time of the Founding Fathers. It was printed in Bayle's Dictionary, which though known to be idiosyncratic was a basic reference work for such things. I think it can be said to capture what many of the Fathers believes, and I am sure there is nothing in it for Huckabee to quarrel with: "There are many who confess that while they believe like the Turks and the Jews that there is some sort of God and some sort of deity, yet with regard to Jesus Christ and to all that to which the doctrine of the Evangelists and the Apostles testify, they take all that to be fables and dreams." And of course when is it not a good time to reprint the opening phrase of a treaty drafted in 1796 under George Washington, and signed by John Adams in 1797: “As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion . . . .” But then, I'm arguing with a crazy person on a blog he probably doesn't read. If you check the Wikipedia entry on Deism, you find a quote that captures the meaning of Deism as it was current around the time of the Founding Fathers. It was printed in Bayle’s Dictionary, which though known to be idiosyncratic was a basic reference work for such things. I think it can be said to capture what many of the Fathers believes, and I am sure there is nothing in it for Huckabee to quarrel with:

“There are many who confess that while they believe like the Turks and the Jews that there is some sort of God and some sort of deity, yet with regard to Jesus Christ and to all that to which the doctrine of the Evangelists and the Apostles testify, they take all that to be fables and dreams.”

And of course when is it not a good time to reprint the opening phrase of a treaty drafted in 1796 under George Washington, and signed by John Adams in 1797: “As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion . . . .”

But then, I’m arguing with a crazy person on a blog he probably doesn’t read.

]]> By: Matt Ortega http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-18036 Matt Ortega Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:17:01 +0000 http://rightsfield.com/2007/10/22/98-and-21100-wrong/#comment-18036 By that standard, Independents fill "most" of the seats in the U.S. Senate (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/senate/" rel="nofollow">Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman</a>) and "most" of the States in the Union are not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_United_States" rel="nofollow">part of the Continental U.S.</a> (Hawaii and Alaska). By that standard, Independents fill “most” of the seats in the U.S. Senate (Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman) and “most” of the States in the Union are not part of the Continental U.S. (Hawaii and Alaska).

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