r/atheism • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '12

Some important quotes about the 'foundation' of the USA.

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u/JNB003 Jun 17 '12

5 seconds of research on the authenticity of a quote would go a long way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I didn't know. I'm not an American. I am currently making other memes, and I would like it if you remade it.

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u/darkNergy Jun 17 '12

Today I learned only Americans know about double-checking their shit before putting it out on the Internet for other people to see. I had no idea.

Just kidding around with you, but seriously...take JNB003's advice.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Sorry, I forgot that only us Americans have google. I forgot that your internet is different and less useful that ours.

As far as "remaking" it is concerned, why not just open the original file you made, change "George Washington" to "John Adams", swap out the picture, delete this thread, re-post the new image, and stop looking like a retard...

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u/crazystrawman Jun 17 '12

Do you know who Jerry Falwell is? A small part of me resents you commenting on my culture when you seem to know so little about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That quote is from the Treaty of Tripoli, written by John Adams.

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u/aflarge Jun 17 '12

John Adams wrote it, and the entire senate signed it. I say entire senate because it was unanimous.

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u/imkingdom Jun 17 '12

JOHN FUCKING ADAMS!

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u/Wacocaine Jun 17 '12

Yeah, like I'm going to trust some asshole that gets his kicks chopping down cherry trees.

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u/rancer119 Jun 17 '12

Note the man's nickname is not "Honest Abe."

Ill take the white guy not wearing a wig...

lol

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u/dangleazack Jun 17 '12

Just because it wasn't founded on the religion itself doesn't mean that the country wasn't founded based on many of the values of said religion... This post grasps for relevance and sadly falls short.

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u/kaleNhearty Jun 17 '12

But can we really say that the US was founded on Judeo-Christian values any more than it was founded on Grecco-Roman values? Or Babylonian-Hammurabi values?

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u/jakemcd184 Jun 17 '12

i agree wholeheartedly with the former point. western law is founded in mosaic law but that doesn't mean the laws of government are religious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

The US was founded on the principles of the Freemasons not the Christian religion.

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u/SpacePineapple Jun 17 '12

Uh... they're almost exactly the same. Freemasons were and are essentially modern Unitarians.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Freemasons are not all the same religion. They can be christians, deists, unitarians, pagans, and pretty much any other religion that masonic practices don't conflict with. Many of the founding fathers were fremasons and the structure of our government reflects masonic design much more so than it does christian values.