"The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrates as equally useful."
How does the American attitude differ from the Romans, except that Americans seem less tolerant of faiths outside of Christianity and Judaism?
Jim F.
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:19:44 -0800 (PST) andie nachgeborenen
<andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> writes:
> Over the holidays, Vice President Dick Cheney's
> Christmas
> card symbolized all that troubles me about the way
> politicians treat faith - not as a source for
> spiritual
> improvement, but as a pedestal to strut upon. Mr.
> Cheney's
> card is dominated by a quotation by Benjamin Franklin:
> "And
> if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His
> notice,
> is it probable that an empire can rise without His
> aid?"
>
>
>
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