In article <dps0nuc4rg870v30idmlruaj8125rcl1m8 at 4ax.com> Bob LeChevalier <lojbab at lojban.org> writes:
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<"John Knight" <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
<>So John Adams told the Muslims in Tripoli, who were known to behead
<>Christians at the time, that the US wasn't a Christian nation? So what?
<>Are the Tripolites going to attack us because Adams exercised a little
<>diplomacy-on-the-fly--and saved his head? No.
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<Adams was not in Tripoli. He was in the United States.
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<>Did he agree to burn all the Bibles? No.
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<Why should he? Does not being a Christian nation require Bible
<burning? Not in the least.
O b v i o u s l y, he didn't burn any Bibles, thus proving that
he was a Christian. Of course he didn't burn any Korans, immediately
demonstrating that he was also a Muslim. No Torahs nor Talmuds, so it
is crystal clear that Adams was a Jew in addition to being a
Christian. And a Muslim. His weekend schedule was very, very busy.
Little known historical bonus fact: John Adams steadfastly
refused to burn even a single copy of "Gulliver's Travels",
thus proving beyond any doubt that he was a Brobdingnagian
to boot. Whoda thunk it?
-- cary