In article <ajcjv3$1a4gcc$1 at ID-150265.news.dfncis.de> "Shadow Dancer" <insomniac at winterslight.org> writes:
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<"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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<It does not matter how much you shout CHRISTIAN! at anyone, JK. The facts
<of the matter, as I have abundantly posted - with credible references - is
<this country was not a Christian nation. It wasn't till the 1950's that
<"under God" and similar phrases crept into the language defining this
<country. Up till then, they did NOT exist.
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During the McCarthy era in fact, and in response to the prevailing
cold war hysteria. And seeing as we all "know" that the cold
war was an Eeevil Joo Plot -- John tells us so, eh? -- then
we have the delicious irony that we're "one nation, under God"
because of a Jewish plot.
-- cary
