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Penn Jillette speaks of his atheism with Wolf Blitzer

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Penn Jillette speaks of his atheism with Wolf Blitzer on a Sunday morning Late Edition program.

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Libertarian? Penn is a dumba** to support Lyndon "can-I-use-your-credit-card-numbers-again" LaRouche.

written by doremifa

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Since when does political orientation instantly mean support for some of it's fringe members?

written by Farhad2000

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I see your point even though a number of LaRouche supporters still consider him and themselves Libertarians. Regardless, I too would be a Libertarian is I was a multimillionaire.

written by doremifa

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The Founding Fathers were NOT deists, at least not how this guy explains it.

http://members.aol.com/TestOath/deism.htm

Libertarianism is doomed to the fringe. Its members pride themselves on being 'different', which pushes people away.

If Penn Jillette didn't exist, he'd have to be made up by the Big Two parties.

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Lambert has examined the religious affiliations and beliefs of the Founders. Some of the 1787 delegates had no affiliation. The others were Protestants except for three Roman Catholics, C. Carroll, D. Carroll, and Fitzsimons. Among the Protestants Constitutional Convention delegates, 28 were Episcopalian, 8 were Presbyterians, 7 were Congregationalists, 2 were Lutherans, 2 were Dutch Reformed, and 2 were Methodists. Many of the more prominent Founding Fathers were vocal about their opposition to organized religion or anti-clerical, such as Jefferson. Some of them often related their anti-organized church leanings in their speeches and correspondence, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson (who created the "Jefferson's Bible"), Benjamin Franklin, Ethan Allen, and Thomas Paine. However, a few of the more notable founders, such as Patrick Henry, were strong proponents of traditional religion. Several of the Founding Fathers considered themselves to be deists or held beliefs very similar to that of traditional Deists, including Jefferson, Paine and Ethan Allen.

Notwithstanding the spectrum of beliefs held by the Founding Fathers, most viewed religion in a favorable light. This is noted through their statements in speeches and correspondences in which they describe its role in molding "national morality" and securing the rule of law (George Washington), its check on human "wickedness" (Benjamin Franklin), and its preservation of a free government such as America (John Adams). Regardless, the division of church and state was always emphasized by the founding fathers. "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion," states the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli. This document was ratified by Congress without much debate or contention and stands today as a reminder of the founding fathers' intentions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States#Religion

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Well, deists as they may have been, they were more importantly secularists.

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Bird winged invisible magical people live in the sky. A priest told me so... so it must be true.

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