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    <body><![CDATA[The authors make a fantastic case for the preservation of our secular government.  It's too bad the title is apt to be interpreted at once as abrasive to religious conservatives.  In fact, the book is very respectful towards religion.  <br/><br/>At the core of the authors' argument is that our con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13026349">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good explanation of our four father's decision for a secular govenrment, even as most of them were Christians themselves. Having seen the ill effects of a state religion and having escaped it, America's fathers did not want to repeat the mistake in the new land. Very good fact based argument fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65168609">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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