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There are many people out there that believe and argue that these men were athiests and diests, but looking at quotes (all documented in the endnotes) from these individuals, it is extremely clear that they were Christians.

Currently there is a building being constructed in Washington D.C. called the US Capitol Visitor Center, and Speaker Pelosi is calling this a "shrine to political correctness".  Guess what they are leaving out!  God, and nearly every every instance of His name or refrence to His influence on this country.  Get a load of this video (it's only about 8 minutes long... watch it, it will enlighten you):

How can it be correct if you "..." out all the parts about God?  It is hard to believe that emailing Speaker Pelosi would make any difference but I did anyway and am trying to get you to as well.  If you are too busy to write your own email, I have included the email I sent to her below for you to copy and paste if you like.

Send emails to: americanvoices@mail.house.gov

Subject: God and Christianity were (in fact) very large parts of the political history of the USA

Speaker Pelosi,

I request that the US Capitol Visitor Center not open until it shows historical accuracy.  Omitting the word "God" and pretending that our founding fathers never mentioned His name nor believed in His morals and values is not accurate.  It is reverse discrimination!  The words "In God We Trust" should (accurately) be portrayed above the speaker's rostrum.  Also, why in showing Article III of the Northwest Ordinance would you leave out "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government, and the happiness of mankind,"?  Please do not "..." that part out.  There are many more examples where either the word "God" or references to His influence on the USA are quite obviously omitted.  Removing the presence of God from our country's past is not only discriminating against Christians, it is not an accurate portrayal of our great country!  Please be complete in your attempt to show "political correctness".  Thank your for allowing me the opportunity to contact you, and thank you for all your hard work you do for this country.

“I was privileged to act as General Editor of the English Standard Version, and now that I look back on what we did in producing that version, I find myself suspecting very strongly that (1) this was the most important thing that I have ever done for the Kingdom, and that (2) the product of our labors is perhaps the biggest milestone in Bible translation in certainly the last half century at least, and perhaps more. And now, as Theological Editor of the ESV Study Bible, I believe that the work we have done together on this project has set an altogether new standard in study Bibles.” (Emphasis added)

J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College (Vancouver, Canada)

I responded to this on Stan's blog.

I'm not a user of the NIV and won't be in the future because there's newer translations, but I would give the "biggest milestone in Bible translation in the last half century" award to the NIV for a couple reasons.

The NIV brought a clarity to scripture in the 80s was darkened by the wide spread use of the KJV.

The NIV also finally made acceptable textual criticism removals from the English Christian Bible in the west that were a long time coming.

The last to try scripture removals, the RSV, was burned by churches for some of these issues.

Male chauvinism ranked women lower than heathens and slaves; it was the order of Jesus’ day. What if Jesus was the premier feminist who allowed women to learn and earn? The book The Audacity of Jesus is a provocative agitator which promises to shake up the current political debate. It stirs up Jesus and his message in a fresh political light. A tantalizingly human picture of Jesus emerges.

This is an AMAZING video and a great tool for Christians to use when witnessing to Muslims. I was a Muslim for 13.5 years and God eventually revealed the truth to me about WHO Jesus is through Isaiah 53. I wasn’t born Muslim but I was given a Qur’an by a family friend and this was the beginning of my “seduction” AWAY from Jesus Christ. Prior to that I had been an Anglican and became disillusioned with many secular things I knew were not “Christian”. Coupled with other struggles in my life I succumbed to what has been called “The Glorious Qur’an”.  I believe it was easier for me to become a Muslim and to deny that Jesus Christ is the Son of God since I had been raised with an atheist father who was a Free Mason and highly skilled in the works of darkness. He had a very strong influence in his children’s lives because he wielded great economic and spiritual power over us. My mother was a strong Christian woman who waged a continuous battle before the Throne of God for her children’s souls.

i dont read the qur'an or any other books of religion...i dont study other religions...my life is in Christ and He is my life and His promise is that, since i am filled with the Holy Spirit which He sent, the Holy Spirit leads me into all truth; Jesus Christ is the Truth...Jesus said, my sheep hear my voice & they wont listen to a stranger's voice...when Jesus Christ is revealed by the Father to one of His sheep, we find living water [Jesus Christ is the living water] and we dont thirst [as dry, parched land without the Spirit of God] no more [the search for other water is ended and we can only be satisfied by the living water]

i didnt post this video as a witness tool for muslims or anyone else; theres no such thing as a witness tool or evangelizing tool...i posted this video and others like it to rejoice when a brotha is found...Jesus Christ is the only true and faithful witness and if He isnt revealed by the Father in heaven, He cant be seen or heard [God alone creates the seeing eye and the hearing ear]; flesh & blood cant reveal Christ and flesh & blood dont know Him...no man comes to the Father except by Jesus Christ and no man comes to Jesus Christ unless the Father draws him...only those who are in Christ will hear or see the witness in this video; all others will be angered just like the pharisees were in the presence of the Lord...Jesus told the pharisees tha they didnt hear Him cuz the Word of God wasnt in em...its same today...those who dont have the Word of God in em wont hear the Word of God...the Faithful & True Witness Jesus Christ is hidden until He is revealed by our Father in heaven. the qur'an maybe cites reference to the OT and NT, but thats not the same as revelation from the Father of Jesus Christ...in fact, its one way men draw ppl together; they claim common ground and empathy with others who they wanna draw in. but the OT & NT stand as one witness to the true & living God, the true and faithful witness Jesus Christ...the OT is a veiled witness of Christ...the NT is revealed witness of Christ...but they are ONE WORD, as the Word of God isnt many words, like man's words, but ONE...as HE is One. Jesus Christ is the root and the offspring; Scripture & Revelation; He said, I and the Father are One. Jesus came to proclaim the name of God--the name He proclaimed is Father--not allah. so while the qur'an claims to 'believe' the OT & NT and acknowledge Jesus Christ, in the same breath it denies the Father & Son...this isnt an inconsistency...its just a plain old lie...not a prophecy from God...the prophecy of God never changed...He always promised to send His Son, He always revealed Himself as Father, He always promised to redeem His own ppl. when the Lord God is revealed to His sheep, they dont turn back tryna justify other books, religions or cultures...His sheep hear His voice and to another voice they won't listen...we who belong to Christ are born from above and we hear His voice and we arent tryna make the qur'an, islam or any other religion legitimate, since they arent and never will be...they are the manufacture of men whos stoney hearts are ruled by sheatan, and not from God. Jesus Christ is the whole law of God & fulfillment of the law of God and He alone is the good news (gospel) that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to be a ransom for many...

Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and faredsumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogscame and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels intoAbraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being intorments, and seeing Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, FatherAbraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and coolmy tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetimereceived your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you aretormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which wouldpass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said,I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; thathe may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham said to him, They haveMoses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went untothem from the dead, they will repent. And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." Luke 16:19-31

its easy to sin, and no man can stop sinning, until we be redeemed from sin by the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ...remember, we born in sin and shaped in iniquity...and all flesh seeks life, or rather, what it deems as life...we call ourself by many categories and titles, all of m are religious in some form or another and all of em are from man and not from God...God didnt send a religion, God sent Jesus Christ and Him only...the Only begotten Son of God...so while flesh seeks comfort [a water he says is from God, in the form of a better job or a religion, etc, to cool his parched tongue] from the torments of life in the world thats ruled by satan, its all false comfort, a fleshly comfort...but the true comforter, the Holy Spirit, comes only by Jesus Christ [the living water]...man seeks peace for his flesh and finds it in religions & central air conditioning and indoor plumbing, enough food, and a million other things, and for this 'peace' he will kill and enslave. but the true peace of God comes only through Jesus Christ and not in any religion or politics or man-made thang...in the same way tha drugs numb physical pain or bring temporary escape from one's problems, religion numbs ppl into a false sense of security...they practice earthly wisdom and are numb to their own deception and darkness and the sin in their own heart...and in that stupor, they think they are safe from the wrath of the Lamb which will surely come. i dont study other religions & i dont recommend reading other religious books or tryna find some common ground between Christ and any other religions, since there isnt any...religions come from man and not from God...when one has found God and been in the presence of the most high God, He doesnt send us back to earthly wisdoms and man's ways, in fact, He delivers us from them...and calls us outta babylon...everything thats outside of Christ is sin.

Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Romans 6:11-15

dont yield yourself, your mind or your taste for earthly wisdom, seeking truth from any source except where its promised by God, in Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit which indwells every believer in Christ...

Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God. Luke 9:60

Wherefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that you should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Romans 7:4

At age 12 my father told my high school principal that I was not allowed to take Religious Knowledge as a school subject and he stopped me from reading the Bible because my grades in Religious Knowledge were the highest of all my courses. From that time on I found myself wondering if the things my father would say were true and I ended up on a spiritual odyssey that took me through many a deep abyss

Jesus never said we would find Him if we read the bible...in fact Jesus told the pharisees, you study the scriptures and they testify about me, and you dont know me...God isnt found in much study...no man comes to the Father except by Jesus Christ...Jesus Christ reveals the Father...Jesus said we are all dead in trespass and sins, He didnt say we would die, He said we already dead...

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Romans 5:12

all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God...all are born in sin and shaped in iniquity...its common for ppl to blame their darkness and sinful state on parents, education, lifestyles, life experiences, etc...but the truth is, we are all born in sin and shaped in iniquity and it will manifest in lostness, darkness and sinfulness...had ur parents been different or allowed u to study religions, u would still be born in sin and shaped in iniquity...many ppl think bein raised in a 'christian' home or abstaining from sex or not suffering with drug addictions is some kinda protection against sin or evidence of the lack of sin...but we are all born in sin and shaped in iniquity and there is only one remedy for this, the atoning blood of the Lamb of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...Jesus Christ came to save His ppl from their sin...there isnt other hope or help...while some lifestyles might not 'look' sinful and some might even look 'righteous'...only Jesus Christ is righteous and He alone is sinless, salvation & life...

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob God is not the God of the dead, but ofthe living. Matthew 22:31

Jesus said "no man comes to the Father except by me"...Jesus said, "no man comes to me unless the Father draws him"...

Praise be to the Lord God of Hosts, the Holy One of Israel, Jehovah Sabaoth, today I KNOW that there is a true and living God and I KNOW that Jesus Christ, The Messiah is His Son and that He came and died on the Cross of Calvary for my sins. Since I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Master, repented and became baptized I have been challenged constantly. Yet, I would not give up being a disciple of Jesus Christ for anything in this world. I’ve seen and walked with Jesus in So…ooo…ooo many places and times that I could write on and on. My understanding of God is based on firsthand experience - not what I heard a preacher say - but my own personal encounters with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. This is why I no longer use the word “BELIEVE” to express my faith. I use the word “KNOW” because it implies certainty. I, like the Apostle Paul met and came to Jesus Christ in truly amazing circumstances. As a Muslim, I read in the Al Bukhari Hadiths that Jesus Christ will return to earth and that He will be the world’s final Imam. Since the Hadiths are “the sayings of Prophet Muhammad”, I was extremely intrigued by this hadith. Prophet Muhammad is known throughout Islam as “a truthful prophet” and so I took this hadith to be “truth” and nothing less than “truth”. I discussed it with many Imams and they confirmed that this was indeed one of the hadiths or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and that it is true that Jesus or Isa will be sent back to earth by Allah. The Imams said that Allah will choose Jesus or Isa to give the Adhan or the call to prayer from Jerusalem and that He will lead the whole world in Salah or prayer.

the testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy Revelations 19:10...a proclaimed prophet who doesnt have the testimony of Jesus Christ is a false prophet, and isnt sent by the Lord God...to nod at Christ, or to merely parrot actual prophecy, isnt what makes a man a prophet...all the prophets of God had the testimony of Jesus Christ; all their prophecies came to pass because the prophecy was from God and God said, the prophecies tha arent from Him wont come to pass...

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said to them, Why seek you the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen... Luke 24:1-6

Then answered Jesus and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also do the Son likewise. For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; even so the Son quickens whom he will. For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son: That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him. Verily, verily, I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death to life. John 5:19-24

Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself; And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that you might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not. Search the Scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And you will not come to me, that you might have life. I receive not honor from men. But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: John 5:25-46

the honor that 'comes from God only' is revelation of Jesus Christ, revealing the glory the Son has with the Father from before the beginning, the Son of God & Messiah, the stone rejected by the laborers [those who build in self-righteousness (religions, laws, and all of man's ways, etc)] [no man comes to me unless the Father draws him; Jesus said to peter, "Flesh & blood didnt reveal that to you, but my Father which is in heaven"]

This Hadith and what the Imans told me set off a firestorm in my heart. These questions kept bothering me to no end: Why will Allah not send back Prophet Muhammad to be the world’s final Iman since he is known as “the seal of the prophets” and “the last of Allah’s messengers”? Why would Allah choose Jesus or Isa from among ALL of the other “messengers”? And, what is it about Jesus or Isa that makes Him so special to Allah that He would choose Him over all His other prophets and messengers, if Jesus or Isa is only “a prophet”? In light of these questions I then started to look for everything the Qur’an said about Jesus or Isa. Sura 2, Baquarah is the longest Sura or Chapter in the Qur’an and my favorite. In this Sura I found many Ayats or verses which allude to the Christian faith and which also confirm indirectly that Jesus or Isa is not just a prophet but someone who has Allah’s special favor on him. I have pulled out a few of those verses which forced me to re-think Islam: 62. Those who believe (in the Qur’an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall helive: And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believe you this? John 11:25-26

be aware that Jesus dont associate hisself wit religions or religiious leaders, and he doesnt call hisself the last imam...Jesus Christ is Lord, not a man tha can be shaped by iniquity to fit into the natural, adamic mind...Jesus doesnt mention allah or muhammed; neither are they mentioned in Scripture...be careful tha u dont fall into a snare tryna find where Jesus fits in the world and earthly wisdom, rather than learnin and adherin to wht the Lord Jesus Christ say about the world and man's ways...remember too, tha satan spoke some words of Scripture (in the temptation), but even so, satan is still a liar and the father of lies and theres no truth IN him...

65. And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: “Be ye apes, despised and rejected.” (NOTE THE REFERENCE HERE TO “THE JEWISH SABBATH” AND TO THE KEEPING OF THE SABBATH.) 66. So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to those who fear Allah.

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need,and was hungry, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiatharthe high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also tothem which were with him? And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for thesabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Mark 2:23-28

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God. Wherefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Colossians 2:16-22

87. We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of apostles; We gave Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you an apostle with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride?- Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay! (NOTE THE REFERENCE HERE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT THUS IMPLYING THE CONCEPT OF THE TRINITY!) 92. There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully

God sent His only begotten Son that whoever should believe on Him should not perish but have eternal life...the implication that the holy spirit was merely given to jesus as though he is some tool like a book or miracle, is a clear indication that the writers of this verse were lying to support their own thoughts & objectives...

the Holy Spirit is God...not a mere assistant...the mention of the Holy Spirit in this verse doesnt imply the concept of the trinity...this verse actually proves how deceitful men use other writings to draw ppl to their own conclusions and lead them astray from the truth...im surprised that u dont see the deceit here...if u born from above, which is the only way to come to Christ, the Holy Spirit will certainly reveal to you that the qur'an isnt the Word of God, theres no truth in it, and every claim to kinship wit the OT & NT is a ploy to legitimize the qur'an...while the qur'an claims to support and believe the OT & NT, it categorically denies the crucifixion of Christ on Calvary, His death & resurrection, the Son of God, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ being Lord, God & King, & even the virgin birth of our Lord and Savior mentioned in the qur'an is a complete fabrication...

I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: but he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:21-23

Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit...

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter[Holy Spirit] will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you. And