In article <MPG.1d8a157667f62c8b98a223@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <epicurus1@YOUR_SHOESoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:21:53 +0000 (UTC) the ET form known as Cary
Kittrell<cary@afone.as.arizona.edu> sent a radio signal across the
vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
writing (at this point) as "Tohu.Bohu@hotmail.com" he said:
AC wrote:
On 7 Sep 2005 13:01:23 -0700,
Codebreaker@bigsecret.com <Codebreaker@bigsecret.com> wrote:
{...}
Apparently, american founders did not read the History
of the Church otherwise, they would have done as
Constantine did. Convene a Council and outlaw
any illegal church
I think they knew the history of the Church better than you could ever
hope
to, which is why they decided that separating church and state was a very
good idea.
Convening American Council was a better idea.
If Constantine did it during
the chaos of the Christological debate, any stateman could do
the same for the sake of harmony.
[begin nomonated portion; it's quite brief:]
You don't fight religious anarchy with freedom of religion.
[end nominated portion]
Seconded.
Recorded.
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