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File this under the pseudo-Christian column. President Obama concluded his speech at this week’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute gala with,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights, life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
The U.S. Declaration of Independence reads,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these areLife, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Poser. Watch ‘Mr. Christian’ read it word-for-word straight from his teleprompter gods (22:40):
I was listening to a radio preacher this weekend.
A Catholic Father, talk about the reformation, the creation of all the Evangelical/Lutheran/Protestant branches.
He mentioned that they would not have existed/been created, without the influence of ISLAM. I had to pull over to keep from laughing to death, as I
did a quick time-line scan and realized he was probably correct. These “right-wing” Bible thumping, “KILL all the Muslims” morons would not even have a Bible to thump except for the MUSLIMS ………. ROTFLMAO ……….. So I am doing a little light research …… He was RIGHT. There would be no “protestant” sects without the Islamic influence caused by cultural exchanges during the Crusades…
118. A Short History of Religion – (8)
Though the Muslim peoples themselves stagnated, the spiritual impulse was transmitted to Europe just as a billiard ball propelled by a player collides with another, to which it transfers its energy and forward motion. This took the form of the Renaissance, Enlightenment and Reformation of Christianity in Europe, providing the stimulus to the development of Western Civilization. The foundations of the scientific attitude and method were laid down in Europe by Francis Bacon (1561-1626) particularly through his book Novum Organum which strong Islamic influence. Without the Reformation the power of the Catholic Church over the minds and lives of the people could not have been broken and neither Science nor commerce nor democracy could have made any headway. The major influence of Islam on the West were the notion of nature, objectivity and the idea and desire for freedom of thought and conscience, coupled with personal responsibility and the need for mutual consultation and agreements.