Quotes

"The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian people and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society. And that's what's been happening." [Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, December 30, 1981]

The Rebuttal:

"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." Treaty of Tripoly, article 11 -John Adams [1735-1826] 2d President of the United States

"Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man." - Thomas Jefferson

"In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people." -James Madison

"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." -Abraham Lincoln

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies." -Benjamin Franklin

Case closed.