Ep 17 - One Nation ABOVE God (Discovering Religion) @DiscoveringReligion

Uploaded October 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

The seventeenth installment of my original series, "Discovering Religion." In this episode I discuss the common claim made by Christians that American values and governing laws are based on Judeo-Christian teachings, put in place by our devoutly religious Founding Fathers.

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VIDEOS CITED:

God and Politics in Lynchburg, Tennessee
youtube.com/watch?v=SpJfWOWkB2Q

Sarah Palin says America is a Christian Nation on Bill O'Reilly
youtube.com/watch?v=LahUxkyaRh8

FOX: Congress Debates Biblical Stance on Immigration
youtube.com/watch?v=VPpD3Pto0xE

Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally - Interviews With Participants
youtube.com/watch?v=ht8PmEjxUfg

SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING - Interviews with Supporters
youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk

TEA PARTY CONVENTION - Sarah Palin, Orly Taitz, Interviews with Participants
youtube.com/watch?v=oHItY5Anj3s

Additional video clips featured in this episode were taken from the "John Adams" miniseries.

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QUOTES:

"Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites."
Thomas Jefferson
Notes on Virginia, 1782

"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law."
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, from Monticello
February 10, 1814.

"The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles."
John Adams
Letter to Thomas Jefferson, June 20, 1815

"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution."
James Madison
Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785

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MUSIC CITED:

Phillip Glass - Glassworks - 01 - Opening
Phillip Glass - Glassworks - 06 - Closing
The Hours Soundtrack - 09 - The Kiss
Donnie Darko (score) - 11 - Rosie Darko
Donnie Darko (score) - 16 - Did You Know Him
Bach , Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement (1721)

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PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/view_play_list?p=70E757541E8576D7

TRANSCRIPT:
discoveringreligion.net/?p=1404

WEBSITE:
discoveringreligion.net

FACEBOOK:
facebook.com/pages/Discovering-Religion/143122652390020?ref=ts

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Ep 17 - One Nation ABOVE God (Discovering Religion)

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