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<blockquote data-quote="dutchwrangler" data-source="post: 2480111" data-attributes="member: 4650"><p>This nation never had "Judeo-Christian" roots. That term wasn't used until the very late 1890's. It became more popular after WWII. Those who claim that America is a Judeo-Christian country are simply parroting catch phrases without question and are guilty of rewriting history. The fact is that America at it's founding was primarily deist with a Unitarian influence. This is reflected in the Declaration of Independence.</p><p></p><p>The purpose of religion is to take the focus off of the Creator and place it onto the "god" of whatever holy text espoused by that text's proponents and mire one down in silly theology. Religion essentially says, "you have faults, convert to our belief, and you will be <em>saved</em>". This theme actually seperates man from thinking about the Creator as they wrap themselves up in the minutia of their chosen religion which uses <strong>fear</strong> as the prime motivator to secure adherents.</p><p></p><p>Thinking about the Creator requires having no religion at all.</p><p></p><p>And finally, the word Juedeo-Christian seems to only be pointed at Christians. Jews don't subscribe to Christian theology. Attempting to meld the two groups together with a hyphen is devisive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dutchwrangler, post: 2480111, member: 4650"] This nation never had "Judeo-Christian" roots. That term wasn't used until the very late 1890's. It became more popular after WWII. Those who claim that America is a Judeo-Christian country are simply parroting catch phrases without question and are guilty of rewriting history. The fact is that America at it's founding was primarily deist with a Unitarian influence. This is reflected in the Declaration of Independence. The purpose of religion is to take the focus off of the Creator and place it onto the "god" of whatever holy text espoused by that text's proponents and mire one down in silly theology. Religion essentially says, "you have faults, convert to our belief, and you will be [I]saved[/I]". This theme actually seperates man from thinking about the Creator as they wrap themselves up in the minutia of their chosen religion which uses [B]fear[/B] as the prime motivator to secure adherents. Thinking about the Creator requires having no religion at all. And finally, the word Juedeo-Christian seems to only be pointed at Christians. Jews don't subscribe to Christian theology. Attempting to meld the two groups together with a hyphen is devisive. [/QUOTE]
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