[techweenie]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
...Either side can pick and choose founding fathers' quotes to support most anything - that much is true! And they mentioned God, faith, etc. in many different contexts.

But if you really study the period a bunch, I think you'll see that really the key principles of the founding fathers were much more along the lines of reason, nature, happiness and man, much moreso than God and faith.

And it is that focus and foundation of reason, nature, happiness and man that has made the US uniquely successful. There have been lots of failed government and civilizations that were based on faith and "God." (Gee, isn't that what Iraq was? And what the middle east currently is in general? Isn't that what the Dark Ages were? Compare with the Renaissance, the Enlightenment.)

Wow. Very well articulated.