Ep801 A story of James Talarico and Thomas Paine

Now, those of you who have listened to me over and over again on the rebellion know that I do believe that there is a... ton of evidence, a boatload of evidence out there to support the fact that we are a Christian nation, that we were founded on a Christian ethic.

I've talked about Moses being America's prophet, referring to the seminal work by Bruce Filler, excuse me, Filer.

titled America's Prophet, where he shares the fact that Moses in the book of Deuteronomy and Leviticus, these books are cited more often, quotes from Moses are cited more often than all of the other classics combined.

Hobbes, Montague, Locke, Hume, Plato, Cicero, et cetera.

Combine them all and you've got Moses cited more frequently than all of them combined by our founding fathers.

Well, one of the founding fathers perhaps was a little different.

And that founding father was Thomas Paine.

Now, many people, when they want to argue against Christianity being involved in the public square, many people who want to argue for the separation of church and state, the wall of separation, and Under the assumption that that wall excludes the church from being involved in government, being involved in government schools, the public square in any shape or form.

That you have to keep the church out because there's a wall separating the church from the government.

I've argued before that that wall is there to protect the church from the government, not the government from the church.

You can go to some of my previous episodes on that.

But let's get back to what Thomas Paine said some 200 years ago.

Again, he was one of our most influential historical leaders.

So what did he say and why do the seculars out there often refer to him when they're trying to defend their case that we are a secular nation and not a sacred one, not a Christian one? Well, here are some of the quotes that they will cite.

And rightfully so, he did say these things.

Now, those of you who have listened to me over and over again on the rebellion know that I do believe that there is a... ton of evidence, a boatload of evidence out there to support the fact that we are a Christian nation, that we were founded on a Christian ethic.

I've talked about Moses being America's prophet, referring to the seminal work by Bruce Filler, excuse me, Filer.

titled America's Prophet, where he shares the fact that Moses in the book of Deuteronomy and Leviticus, these books are cited more often, quotes from Moses are cited more often than all of the other classics combined.

Hobbes, Montague, Locke, Hume, Plato, Cicero, et cetera.

Combine them all and you've got Moses cited more frequently than all of them combined by our founding fathers.

Well, one of the founding fathers perhaps was a little different.

And that founding father was Thomas Paine.

Now, many people, when they want to argue against Christianity being involved in the public square, many people who want to argue for the separation of church and state, the wall of separation, and Under the assumption that that wall excludes the church from being involved in government, being involved in government schools, the public square in any shape or form.

That you have to keep the church out because there's a wall separating the church from the government.

I've argued before that that wall is there to protect the church from the government, not the government from the church.

You can go to some of my previous episodes on that.

But let's get back to what Thomas Paine said some 200 years ago.

Again, he was one of our most influential historical leaders.

So what did he say and why do the seculars out there often refer to him when they're trying to defend their case that we are a secular nation and not a sacred one, not a Christian one? Well, here are some of the quotes that they will cite.

And rightfully so, he did say these things.