The American Human: Our Forefathers Loved That Ole Time Religion?

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Our Forefathers Loved That Ole Time Religion?

George Washington: our first atheist pinko libtard socialist?

Clearly they didn't not. So when Michele Bachmann or Ted Cruz say different, don't believe them. Daily Kos put out a neat compendium of our forefathers' feelings religion-wise:

"Christian establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption, all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects."
- James Madison, letter to William Bradford, Jr. (1774)

"There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."
- George Washington, address to Congress (1790)

How 'bout them apples, ye olde constitutionalists? Read the whole list to get the real gist.

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About the American Human

The American Human is written by Calvin Ross, a retired teacher who at various points in life has been a musician, woodworker, restaurateur, narrator, English teacher in Japan, novelist, technology journalist, and private tutor to Japanese children here in the U.S.

Happily residing in the wine country of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, Calvin has lived in the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the aforementioned Japan, as well as in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, and many different towns in California, including, of all places, the Mojave Desert.

Calvin, you may note quickly, is a liberal progressive who doesn't think being called a socialist is all that bad, especially since he sort of would like living in Denmark if it weren't so cold. He blogs because he can.