{"id":5761,"date":"2004-07-21T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2004-07-21T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/07\/21\/the-truth-shall-set-you-free.html"},"modified":"2004-07-21T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2004-07-21T18:01:04","slug":"the_truth_shall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/21\/the_truth_shall.html","title":{"rendered":"The truth shall set you free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The role of religion in the thinking and philosophy and actions of the Founding Fathers is a very complex one.  Attempts to portray them all as freethinking atheists is vastly oversimplifying matters (as would any blanket description for dozens of strong-minded activist individuals from across several states).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, attempts to portray them all as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaec.org\/desk\/christian_heritage.htm\" target=\"_blank\">orthodox, deeply religious Christians<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; particularly as the term is meant today &#8212; is equally simplistic.  And, to be perfectly blunt, <a href=\"http:\/\/brandywinebooks.blogspot.com\/2004_07_01_brandywinebooks_archive.html#109026201746778387\" target=\"_blank\">doctoring quotes to make it look that way <\/a>is itself hardly in keeping with <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/cgi-bin\/bible?passage=JOHN+8:32&#038;language=english&#038;version=NIV&#038;showfn=on&#038;showxref=on\" target=\"_blank\">Christ&#8217;s teachings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cronaca.com\/archives\/002624.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cronaca<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The role of religion in the thinking and philosophy and actions of the Founding Fathers is a very complex one. Attempts to portray them all as freethinking atheists is vastly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48135,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/16\/pleading-for-justice.html","url_meta":{"origin":5761,"position":0},"title":"Pleading for Justice","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 16-Nov-14 12:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Federal Judge Jed Rakoff discusses the mechanism of plea bargains -- not a \"soft on crime letting people get away with murder\" institution any more (if it ever was), but, today, a way for prosecutors to strong-arm defendants into pleading guilty, even if innocent. \"Plead on a lesser charge and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7601,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/28\/doltish_dudes.html","url_meta":{"origin":5761,"position":1},"title":"Doltish dudes","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Jan-05 7:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"Is it that men are being portrayed as idiots more and more these days in advertising? Or do the ads simply reflect broader media trends which portray men as idiots?...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Media &amp; Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Media &amp; Culture","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41760,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/eek-the-unholy-war-on-easter-eek.html","url_meta":{"origin":5761,"position":2},"title":"Eek! The Unholy War on Easter! 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Washington, in particular, was notably close-lipped about his faith. In some cases,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132426,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/23\/religious-freedom-for-atheists-too.html","url_meta":{"origin":5761,"position":4},"title":"Religious Freedom for Atheists, Too","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 23-Dec-16 11:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm glad to see this 1998 US religious freedom law noted to include atheists and agnostics as well. 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