On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 07:17 AM, Rich Trapp wrote:

> Fred,
>
>   I'm not endorsing or rejecting Mr. Franklin as authority on this
> subject, but since you like his quotes, perhaps this one will qualify
> as
> a "good one":
>
>
> I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made
> the world, and governed it by his Providence; that the most acceptable
> service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal;
> and that all crime will be punished, and virtue reward, either here or
> hereafter.
>
>       - Benjamin Franklin's autobiography

Yes that is a good one. Thanks.

Ben was basically a Christian deist (believing in God and Christ but
not biblical dogma). Many of our Founding Fathers were of a similar
ilk. Many of their forefathers had come to America to escape the
religious persecution of various politically powerful churches of the
UK and western Europe. They didn't want a separation of religion and
state; just church and state.

Me too.

FW

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