tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post8713571896602300369..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Boykin Expands on Barton LieBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-58831233953183406892012-08-19T13:12:06.827-06:002012-08-19T13:12:06.827-06:00The tradition we kept as a nation was the British ...The tradition we kept as a nation was the British tradition of "the common law". We are still tied to Britian in this sense. We just do recognize a "House of Lords".<br /><br />America believed that equality under law was about limiting government power, and granting certain protections under our Constitution.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-13661310734472643212012-08-19T12:42:31.589-06:002012-08-19T12:42:31.589-06:00Nominalism is how our nation has defined its "...Nominalism is how our nation has defined its "faith", so that individuals were "free to choose" apart from authority and definitions of "purity" (idolatry).<br /><br />In that sense we were an "atheist nation", as we didn't define "God", but left it up to the imagination (conscience) of the believer. Free association of religious conscious being about free choice.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-86991385238193315582012-08-19T12:38:34.741-06:002012-08-19T12:38:34.741-06:00Historical science is using one's imagination ...Historical science is using one's imagination to "fill in the gaps" when there are missing sources. Some of the original sources are owned by Barton (am I right?), so, he can make of them what he wants. <br /><br />We are a Christian-Judeo nation, which is a particular religious framing, but isn't specified, as America is the result of a "Protest" movement away from the Anglican Church (to purify it!), historically. But, we are also a product of Martin Luther's resistance against the Catholic Church's abuses of power (authority) against individuals, ideologically. Thus, we have the "seeds" of our culture wars, religiously speaking.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-68790283723548100642012-08-19T12:18:55.634-06:002012-08-19T12:18:55.634-06:00Isn't this how myths "get their life"...Isn't this how myths "get their life"? People hear what they want to hear and then extrapolate it to generalities, or universals. Myths hold value in understanding what makes meaning out of a particular society, says the anthropologists.<br /><br />Human psychologists argue about the meaning of "importance, and value of particular details". And social psychologists understand this is how "a people" are formed.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-85687099618157474222012-08-18T11:29:15.436-06:002012-08-18T11:29:15.436-06:00Cheers.Cheers.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-4834092662211177712012-08-18T08:34:07.786-06:002012-08-18T08:34:07.786-06:00You are probably right. I've just been copyin...You are probably right. I've just been copying the titles and linking to them.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-16523435308948039632012-08-17T20:29:28.390-06:002012-08-17T20:29:28.390-06:00Let's leave the word "lie" for those...Let's leave the word "lie" for those other people. It's unnecessary here at the American Creation blog.<br /><br />I have found the people who use the word "lie" about David Barton to be in error themselves on occasion. It has not been necessary to call them liars.<br /><br />Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com