tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post5885112355736798431..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Throckmorton: "Thanksgiving 2014: Gary Scott Smith On America As a Blessed But Not a Chosen Nation"Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-46228511661810777212014-12-01T18:18:42.723-07:002014-12-01T18:18:42.723-07:00Righteous, JMS. Jeremy Bangs is an old friend of ...Righteous, JMS. Jeremy Bangs is an old friend of the blog, for instance<br /><br />http://americancreation.blogspot.com/2010/04/jeremy-bangs-on-geoffrey-stone.html<br /><br /><br />Perhaps we'll rerun some of his material in between the David Barton Sucks stuff.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-37090104726589148672014-12-01T13:16:18.611-07:002014-12-01T13:16:18.611-07:00I was not impressed by Trockmorton's collectio...I was not impressed by Trockmorton's collection. The best historian on this subject is friend of AC Jeremy Bangs. Two of his best articles on the web are:<br /><br />Thanksgiving on the Net: Roast Bull with Cranberry Sauce<br />http://www.sail1620.org/Articles/thanksgiving-on-the-net-roast-bull-with-cranberry-sauce<br /><br />Truth about Thanksgiving Is that the Debunkers Are Wrong<br />http://hnn.us/articles/15002.html<br />JMSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-61797737429643045342014-11-30T19:09:13.250-07:002014-11-30T19:09:13.250-07:00Lincoln said we were an almost chosen people. I pr...Lincoln said we were an <i>almost</i> chosen people. I prefer his take on things.<br /><br />As for Prof. Smith's not-so-subtle attack on the "Christian America" thesis [ironically, with a Biblical, not a historical argument], the Bible-thumpers know full well that the Chosen People of Israel were made to suffer greatly for their sins.<br /><br />Being a "Chosen People" ain't a walk in the park, and is certainly not carte blanche to do evil. This whole thing is a bit of a straw man.<br /><br />Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com