Religion in the Modern World: Manifest Destiny as a religious concept

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Home About Me Some Scary Stuff Blog Description Attempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"	Saturday, February 2, 2008 Manifest Destiny as a religious concept The origins of the term "Manifest Destiny" is attributed to 19th century American journalist John L. O'Sullivan when he wrote in reference to the annexation of Texas: (paraph.) "... God ("Providence") had given the United States a mission to spread republican democracy ("the great experiment of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:52 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink)

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Attempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Manifest Destiny as a religious concept

The origins of the term "Manifest Destiny" is attributed to 19th century American journalist John L. O'Sullivan when he wrote in reference to the annexation of Texas: (paraph.) "... God ("Providence") had given the United States a mission to spread republican democracy ("the great experiment of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:52 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink)

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