"John Knight" <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
>> The United States of America is founded on the principle that
>> governments derive their just power to rule from the consent of the
>> governed, and that rebellion against an unjust government is the right
>> and responsibility of the people. Christianity -- look it up --
>> maintains that governments derive their just power to rule by Divine
>> Right, and that to revolt against a government is to revolt against
>> God Himself. What's more, the Treaty of Malta explicitly notes that
>> the United States is in no way founded upon the Christian Religion.
>>>>Were we conquered by Malta?
>>Did the Maltese force us into a treaty to give up Christianity?
>>Did a Maltese Falcon fly into your bedroom window and tell you this?
>>We've never signed a "Treaty of Malta".
Correct. He had the name wrong. It was the Treaty of Tripoli
http://www.freethought-web.org/ctrl/treaty_tripoli.html
Read Article 11.
>As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;
lojbab
