Thread: McCain criticized for calling U.S. 'Christian nation'
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Old 10-12-2007, 09:48 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Presupposition 1. America is a Christian nation (our national identity is intertwined with Christian identity).
It would then logically follow that, 1a. To be American is to be Christian.
Yet,
2. I am not a Christian.
3. I am an American.
4. Therefore, America must not be a Christian nation (the true premises 2 and 3 do not logically follow the conclusion [or presupposition] of 1[a]).

Unless of course you're George H. W. Bush, in which case my premise 3 would not be true:
"I don't know that atheists should be regarded as citizens, nor should they be regarded as patriotic. This is one nation under God."
-George H. W. Bush
"If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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