Show that Franklin didn't accept God but was just some kind of deist! (Jesus, England)
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Show that old Ben didn't accept God but was just some kind of deist. Spin away.
"I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a Sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?" --Benjamin Franklin, Motion for Prayers in the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Last edited by Green Irish Eyes; 09-14-2010 at 12:35 PM..
LOL......don't you ever tire of divisive posting......time for the nation to work together and stop looking for trouble; no wonder our country is going "down the tubes"; time better spent solving problems instead of starting and instigating new ones.
I think the OP's post proves exactly that Ol' Ben was a diest, and not a bible thumper as the OP wishes were the case.
The circular logic fail is just way too funny! It's as if posting that cheese is the end all of all things...and yet try to prove it with Swiss cheese. Full of holes, and only applicable with certain caveats.
I think the OP's post proves exactly that Ol' Ben was a diest, and not a bible thumper as the OP wishes were the case.
The circular logic fail is just way too funny! It's as if posting that cheese is the end all of all things...and yet try to prove it with Swiss cheese. Full of holes, and only applicable with certain caveats.
You mean Ben Franklin didn't believe the world was flat and humans rode on dinosaurs 2,000 years ago?
Anyway, no need to spin, I'll just "old Ben" speak for himself.
As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupt changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his divinity; tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and I think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble...." (Carl Van Doren. Benjamin Franklin. New York: The Viking Press, 1938, p. 777.)
Show that old Ben didn't accept God but was just some kind of deist. Spin away.
"I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a Sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?" --Benjamin Franklin, Motion for Prayers in the Constitutional Convention, 1787
get your butt to church and quit wasting our time here
Show that old Ben didn't accept God but was just some kind of deist. Spin away.
"I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a Sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?" --Benjamin Franklin, Motion for Prayers in the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Can I hear an Amen, AAAAAAAAAAAmen. Praise the lord, thank you Jeeeeeeesus. Aaaaaameeeeeeen.
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