I sent Barton a copy of the first version of Character Counts in 2006, and was snubbed in January of 2008; he did not even hint a response, only claimed that he had not received the book; I sent another copy to the address he listed as agent for his new 2008 WallBuilders LLC with the Texas state comptroller’s office.[1] This section is repeated in the online version of our demolition of portions of Barton’s Original Intent.

www.PreciousHeart.net/Original_Intent.htm

Part of the reason for condensing it in the book, in addition to shortening the book, is because Barton was far too stealthy to take seriously, once one does look at his material. He truly caters to the innocent, and we give him far to too respect in including such a lengthy demolition. Plus—here, the whole world can see. And see for free, though he is charging $6 and $7 for booklets half this long (but he does have lots of pictures).

A new attack on Freemasonry comes more from a sucker punch, and such can hurt, if properly delivered. The multiple Christian Right establishment agendas have placed an emphasis on the Christian faith of our Founding Fathers, and we are proud that Christianity was the major faith of choice during the founding of the USA. I do not know anyone who disputes that popularity of Christian beliefs during the decades before and after 1776.

But is dead wrong to assume Christianity was the sole reason for the founding, and the irony here is that the very diversity of Christian belief systems prior to 1776 is the proof of the major reason for the 1776 Declaration of Independence—sheese, I almost feel pulled here, but independence was the reason for the Declaration, and the Unitedness of the States was the reason for the Constitution. And in this context, it is so terribly wrongheaded to exclude Freemasonry. Most of these Christian establishment revisionists exclude Freemasonry, when not cursing it; but at least one, David Barton, has placed a new and unique twist on Freemasonry unseen in the literature and out of the circuit completely with the best literature. We will show that sho