Hi, It has been claimed that the original claim by Bob and anonymous was that the first Great Awakening ended by the late 18'th century. This is a complete fabrication. The original claim put forth clearly references dates in the 1800's as the date of the first instance, clearly 50-100 years in error from the original Great Awakening that occurred between 1700-1750. In my original posting I (thought) made it clear that I didn't quite know when the original event occurred but was certain it ended prior to the late 1700's which would clearly pre-date the original claim. I subsequently took the time to provide references for those citation and clearly indicated where my memory was in error, and even took the time to explain my confusion regarding the 'Beacon on the Hill' movement. In responce Bob and apparently anonymous made it clear that they saw no reason to do 'homework' irrespective of the impact of historical accuracy on their claims. Make up your own mind on the validity of the claims. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|