tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4931668524671231645..comments2024-03-18T22:15:24.770-05:00Comments on Althouse: "May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66186534915375383462011-08-25T21:27:04.744-05:002011-08-25T21:27:04.744-05:00Carol - click on lemondog's link. Or google.
...Carol - click on lemondog's link. Or google.<br /><br />Impressive.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62642413987695733162011-08-25T21:25:56.160-05:002011-08-25T21:25:56.160-05:00George Washington didn't have a speech or lett...George Washington didn't have a speech or letter writer.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50320907108300224262011-08-25T20:24:34.559-05:002011-08-25T20:24:34.559-05:00Subscriber only. And, I'm not a joiner.
Se...Subscriber only. And, I'm not a joiner. <br /><br />Seems George Washington's letter gets read aloud, annually.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28741374083638323652011-08-25T19:56:15.672-05:002011-08-25T19:56:15.672-05:00Nice comment Gabriel Hanna.Nice comment Gabriel Hanna.sakredkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652250985982301492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55329894180138178682011-08-25T19:11:20.746-05:002011-08-25T19:11:20.746-05:00@ken in sc:I read that he was opposed to taking co...@ken in sc:<i>I read that he was opposed to taking communion in a church headed by King George III.</i><br /><br />He was President of the US at the time and the Episcopal church was not headed by George III, and hadn't been since 1786.Gabriel Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356186353979140904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61417561423425029112011-08-25T18:42:34.621-05:002011-08-25T18:42:34.621-05:00Our greatest president. No matter how manly our f...Our greatest president. No matter how manly our future presidents are it is unlikely they will merit a 555ft white marble penis as their monument. Big George fully deserves it.Bob_Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14013147654544140102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58582071026569834512011-08-25T15:35:27.696-05:002011-08-25T15:35:27.696-05:00George Washington's church was Church of Engla...George Washington's church was Church of England. I read that he was opposed to taking communion in a church headed by King George III.<br /><br />wv= sarronken in txhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345764031059905578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60117777297171873042011-08-25T15:12:29.439-05:002011-08-25T15:12:29.439-05:00George Washington attended church with his wife Ma...George Washington attended church with his wife Martha for many years but was never a formal member of the congregation and did not take communion, unlike his wife. His pastor, John Abercrombie, noticed this and said in a sermon that it sent a poor example when people of high station refused communion. And so George Washington <a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=_xISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA394&dq=sprague+annals+abercrombie+washington#" rel="nofollow">stopped coming altogether</a>.<br /><br />Whatever his private religious convictions may have been--and it is debated whether he was a Christian or a Deist--he kept them private.<br /><br />His letter to the synagogue is, I think, the epitome of what religious toleration should be.Gabriel Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356186353979140904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17944204890186501072011-08-25T10:45:07.161-05:002011-08-25T10:45:07.161-05:00Washington's language sounds stately and worth...Washington's language sounds stately and worthy of divine purposes. Whatever the pros and cons of religious belief, growing up with the King James Bible doesn't hamper one's prose style.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24602537582324780522011-08-25T10:38:32.892-05:002011-08-25T10:38:32.892-05:00Letter from Moses Seixas with response from G. Wa...<a href="http://www.au.org/resources/history/old-docs/washingtons-letter-to-touro.pdf" rel="nofollow">Letter </a> from Moses Seixas with response from G. Washington.lemondoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606734670170393751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48151352808576191372011-08-25T10:13:59.692-05:002011-08-25T10:13:59.692-05:00That reminds us that the American experience has a...That reminds us that the American experience has always included a stubborn belief in pro-Zionist principles.<br /><br />The haters of Jews are the weirdos in America.<br /><br /> Common sense is just not easily fooled by a European cult issuing illusions to be used against Jews.<br /><br />This is one more reason that Obama is probably not a natural American, no matter who arranged a birth certificate for his mother.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66583949891162388702011-08-25T10:05:15.226-05:002011-08-25T10:05:15.226-05:00John Burgess, I tried to supply the same link, but...John Burgess, I tried to supply the same link, but I think the reader has to do their own googling.jungathearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052796343893692840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36174938610479647332011-08-25T10:04:11.649-05:002011-08-25T10:04:11.649-05:00John, the user must actually click through from go...John, the user must actually click through from google for that to work. It won't work to simply paste the URL you clicked after googling the article. <br /><br />For those who'd like to read the full article, just google the headline and click on the WSJ link.Kyloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209978297037782885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85472098203205222152011-08-25T10:03:38.607-05:002011-08-25T10:03:38.607-05:00mr and phx, if you google the title of the article...mr and phx, if you google the title of the article, or a piece of the text, you can go to the uncut article.jungathearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052796343893692840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44132608695026584432011-08-25T09:58:36.791-05:002011-08-25T09:58:36.791-05:00Sorry, John, doesn't work.
But you can get th...Sorry, John, doesn't work.<br /><br />But you can get the gist of what George wanted to say.<br /><br />No Herbert Obama focus group phrases.<br /><br />Just eloquent English.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24522803237910048462011-08-25T09:39:49.575-05:002011-08-25T09:39:49.575-05:00@mr: Here you go.@mr: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903327904576526242878889716.html" rel="nofollow">Here you go</a>.John Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979918255430186425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67880194622999970342011-08-25T09:23:54.410-05:002011-08-25T09:23:54.410-05:00Compare with the new age blather above.Compare with the new age blather above.robinintnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106630105189345551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48864697194982768722011-08-25T09:19:38.923-05:002011-08-25T09:19:38.923-05:00Pity we've fallen so far.Pity we've fallen so far.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248882642756619950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44384625797325082992011-08-25T09:13:14.290-05:002011-08-25T09:13:14.290-05:00Great piece. Quite movingGreat piece. Quite movingTMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924861802986466066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83193242896600499412011-08-25T08:56:04.304-05:002011-08-25T08:56:04.304-05:00And what mr saidAnd what mr saidsakredkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652250985982301492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20889201249119635142011-08-25T08:55:37.124-05:002011-08-25T08:55:37.124-05:00Compare and contrast to the Lord's Prayer.Compare and contrast to the Lord's Prayer.sakredkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652250985982301492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81313141898935330542011-08-25T08:40:05.998-05:002011-08-25T08:40:05.998-05:00Wish I didn't have to subscribe to see the res...Wish I didn't have to subscribe to see the rest of that article....pious agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043616958654007026noreply@blogger.com