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merlin617:
I got this E mail this morning and thought I would share it.


ENGLAND


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Fair comment say I  :clap:

robert francis:
well said that man,  :thumbup: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: totally true

thermidorthelobster:
Did Christian men and women really found this nation on Christian principles?

Originally it was colonised by animistic Britons, then conquered by marauding Saxons, who as far as I know weren't big on Christian principles.  The whole Christian thing swept in about AD600.

The reason the original writer apparently got this wrong is that it wasn't written about Britain.

In fact this was NOT written after hearing about any of the above issues, and it was NOT written by a Briton, and it was NOT published in a UK tabloid newspaper (who you'd have hoped would have sub-edited it a bit better).  It was published in an American newspaper (the Bartow Trader) in 2002 and written about the USA.  God bless the Internet.

Bob696:

--- Quote ---Originally it was colonised by animistic Britons, then conquered by marauding Saxons, who as far as I know weren't big on Christian principles.  The whole Christian thing swept in about AD600.
--- End quote ---

The first unified, and independent, england was under Alfred the Great in the late 9th century I seem to recall, which is well within the Christian era.

hairyasswelder:

--- Quote from: thermidorthelobster on November 01, 2008, 09:06:36 ---Did Christian men and women really found this nation on Christian principles?

Originally it was colonised by animistic Britons, then conquered by marauding Saxons, who as far as I know weren't big on Christian principles.  The whole Christian thing swept in about AD600.

The reason the original writer apparently got this wrong is that it wasn't written about Britain.

In fact this was NOT written after hearing about any of the above issues, and it was NOT written by a Briton, and it was NOT published in a UK tabloid newspaper (who you'd have hoped would have sub-edited it a bit better).  It was published in an American newspaper (the Bartow Trader) in 2002 and written about the USA.  God bless the Internet.

--- End quote ---

Agreed, definitely American, but the sentiment within the text I also agree with  ;)

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