Thursday, November 02, 2006

Letter from Franklin to Paine

From Ben Franklin's Lips to Yours ... maybe
My arguments against the secular movement to strip society of any vestige of God have always centered on ... ach. Coal to Newcastle. Here. I just discovered this letter from Ben Franklin to Thomas Paine.   Even if you've seen it, it may be useful to read it again. Here's the preface.

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine maintained a friendship throughout the Revolutionary age. In fact, many believed that Franklin had authored Paine's Common Sense. When a concerned Franklin read the first draft of Paine'sAge of Reason in 1785, he urged Paine to burn it before anyone else read it. This was Franklin's advice:
11/02/2006 04:05:00 PM 3 Comments

"If the number of Islamic terror attacks continues at the current rate, candlelight vigils will soon be the number-one cause of global warming. "
Argus Hamilton


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Anonymous said...

Excellent point, Rodge. The founding fathers, though a mixed lot they were on matters of religion, had the wisdom to appreiciate it. It is sad that today there is no secular value placed on virtue and little compunction in regards to vice.


"If men are so wicked with religion,what would they be if without it?"


If God was truly dead, we would have died long before as humanity has little in the ways of a saving Grace apart from His.

11/2/06, 5:24 PM
Anonymous said...

And in the confrontation with the Islamofascist barbarians, I find Franklin's sentence particularly poignant: "For among us it is not necessary, as among the Hottentots, that a youth, to be raised into the company of men, should prove his manhood by beating his mother."

11/2/06, 5:30 PM
Dr.Hardcrab said...

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Ole Ben was very insightful. Hey! I know he was famous for a lot of sayings, but did he "pen" the original phrase about spitting into the wind? What about tugging on Superman's cape?

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11/3/06, 5:46 AM

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