Don't forget the snake handlers... KInda like Spridget people.... ;-)
Cheers!!
Jim
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2@gmail.com>wrote:
> It was a colony in Rhode Island, as my memory serves me, that opened up the
> new country, our country, to the Baptists and then following, other
> religions.
>
> The Baptists were known as "Anabaptist's" to the Church of England as they
> did not support baptism by way of sprinkling water on infants, or children
> who were, in their opinion too young to make decisions for themselves, but
> rather felt that baptism was a personal choice to be entertained by those
> old enough to make the decision on a personal volitional basis.
>
> "Anabaptist" was a derogatory term meaning "against baptism". . against
> the
> method of baptism, aspersion, as practiced by the Church of England. It was
> later shortened to Baptist.
>
> Side note:
>
> There are over 150 different types of Baptist churches in the United
> States. Everything from a small group known as "Two Seed in the Pod
> Predestination Baptists" to "7th Day Baptists" who like the 7th Day
> Adventist Church worship on Saturday. Basically, they all are more similar
> than dissimilar in their theology. Southern Baptists make up half of the
> Baptist churches in the US.
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:56 PM, John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Actually it was intended to prevent the government from establishing
> > ANY religion as the official religion of the United States. This was
> > done to prevent any particular group from being discriminated against
> > on the basis of religion. Discrimination is why the puritans cane to
> > America in the first place, to escape persecution from the Church of
> > England. But letters written at the time also show that our founding
> > fathers wanted to make America a place welcoming to those of the
> > Jewish faith.
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Wasn't the separation of church and state designed to "Protect the
> people
> > > from the state. . not to protect the state from the people?"
> > >
> > >
> > > Kirk
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