re: #46 treasured people

That’s because, among other explanations for his highly ethical conduct, Washington read the Bible, as he quotes, in the letter you attach, from the prophet Micah: “while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.”

Lincoln also read the Bible throughout his life and frequently quoted from it in his speeches. I’m not saying the President should be an evangelist, but Bible knowledge and appreciation are part of American tradition and America’s two greatest Presidents were Biblically astute.

Washington and Lincoln used bible quotes to underscore basic human truths.

Fischer uses them to advance a fundamentalist, hateful, ideologically rigid agenda.