Stray Pooch
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PatriotSon said:
The founder's intent is the shadow of a shade. It depends on which founder you cite. The question of religious liberty, establishment and practice was not a matter of unanimity. That's why the disestablishment clause was included in the bill of rights. I personally believe the Constitution to be a God-inspired document, but I believe part of that inspiration included separating the fallible governments of men from the administration of God's kingdom. That administration is the responsibility of the church, not the government. We are not a Christian nation. We are a free nation. That means we are free to choose - and accept the consequences for - whatever course of action we will.
Take Patrick Henry for example, when he said, "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
Here, Patrick Henry emphasizes the fact that although all religions have been afforded asylum to worship, it is the Christian principles and religious teachings of Jesus that provide for the foundation of the Rule of Law.
John Adams was quite fond of making religious inferences when both speaking and writing. “Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.”
With this quote, again we see that it was not only the founder’s intent to create a nation based in religious principles, but that they felt is was wholly necessary to do so in order to ensure the success of the nation. This is evidenced again by James Madison, "Religion [is] the basis and Foundation of Government." I could continue but will allow this as sufficient evidence with which to make my case.
The founder's intent is the shadow of a shade. It depends on which founder you cite. The question of religious liberty, establishment and practice was not a matter of unanimity. That's why the disestablishment clause was included in the bill of rights. I personally believe the Constitution to be a God-inspired document, but I believe part of that inspiration included separating the fallible governments of men from the administration of God's kingdom. That administration is the responsibility of the church, not the government. We are not a Christian nation. We are a free nation. That means we are free to choose - and accept the consequences for - whatever course of action we will.