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In Freedom We Trust - An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty (Paperback)
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In Freedom We Trust - An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty (Paperback)
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Loot Price R349
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Opponents attack the president of the United States for not being a
real Christian. Bitter arguments erupt over whether the United
States is or should be a Christian nation. Sound familiar? These
contentious issues are not just recent developments but were also
the topics of fierce debate in the late eighteenth century. Like
President Obama today, President Thomas Jefferson had to contend
with accusations that his religious convictions were questionable.
Against complaints that the writers of the Constitution did not
invoke God, John Adams replied, "It will never be pretended that
any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods."
This book covers these and other related issues from the
two-centuries-long debate over religion and secularism in America.
Taking an unabashedly atheistic point of view, the father-and-son
authors argue that everyone--from evangelical Christian to ardent
atheist--needs a secular America and separation of church and
state. They examine the decidedly unchristian roots of the Fourth
of July, the important difference between "tolerance" and
"toleration," the misleading confusions related to the difference
between "public" and "governmental," the value of secular
schooling, the erroneous contention that atheism is equivalent to
immorality and therefore dangerous, and a host of other
contemporary and historical topics. With a list of key dates
related to the history of secular America, notes, bibliography, and
glossary, In Freedom We Trust offers important facts and arguments
for secular humanists and anyone with an interest in freedom of
conscience.
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