inspiration of the old and new testaments and so forth and may even reject the resurrection of jesus chris. one quick example is during the constitutional convention, you know, in this heated debate, literally and figtively, in the heat, late july, doors are boarded up to remain secret, but there's a debate going on and some of you remember this from your civics plan, the plans and compromises and this gets so heated that benjamin frankly says we have to pray, call upon god to reconcile the differences. of all people, benjamin franklin. [laughter] that's turned down by the committee and there's a great story where hamilton supposedly said i deny franklin's petition because the united states of america will not be reliant upon any foreignth hour. [laughter] whether hamilton said that or not, i don't think he did, but it's still a great line. [laughter] nevertheless, it's actually turned down not because they reject the idea. they had a minister in the congress. one of the reasons they turn it down they didn't have enough money to pay the guy to pray for them. [laughter] the point is here's