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David Barton says he did. Watch this clip from the American Heritage series. Barton is speaking to Matthew and Laurie Crouch. About the Virginia Bible Society, Barton says You get back here and you find the Virginia Bible Society. Now what makes that one particularly interesting is Thomas Jefferson was one of the founders of … Continue reading “Did Thomas Jefferson found the Virginia Bible Society?”
Today Right Wing Watch has a clip of David Barton claiming that the Founders based our republican form of government on Exodus 18:21. He added that some Founders actually referred to the Exodus passage as the basis for electing people to various office at the local, state and federal levels. Here is the clip: Barton … Continue reading “David Barton adds to history and the Bible at the same time”
I posted a transcript of a speech by David Barton and broadcast last week by Focus on the Family. I did not know it at the time but the speech is not a new one. Perhaps he is still delivering the same one he did 4 years ago. I found video of that speech on … Continue reading “David Barton on America's Founders (Video)”
The month of May marks the 400 anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible. The most published book in history, the KJV was once widely read in public schools around the nation. However, in 1872 that trend was reversed by the Ohio Supreme Court in Minor v. Board of Education of … Continue reading “The Cincinnati Bible Wars: When the Bible was removed from schools”
David Barton says it was. Barton is a collector of historical documents who is a favorite of Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich. On his website, Wallbuilders, Barton says: The reader, as do many others, claimed that Jefferson omitted all miraculous events of Jesus from his “Bible.” Rarely do those who make this claim let Jefferson … Continue reading “Was the Jefferson Bible an evangelism tool?”