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Originally Posted by UntwistedTruth.com  Irrefutable Proof of God or NO God: Agree. That's why they call it faith.
"Only interesting point" that "religion and government needed to be separated" is not the whole picture. So called "separation of church and state" is a modern Supreme Court construction which has grown even farther from it's orginal text. It is not in the Constitution.
First: True enough, 1st Amendment says the state shall form no religion (separation). But in the very next sentence it enumerates safeguards for the practice of religion.
At the time of the Constitution's implementation, this did not apply to individual states but only the federal government. That's why the orginal states could and did use tax dollars to support Christian churches.
Second: Our laws and Constitution are based on Christian doctrine--I would say that makes our Founder's faith historically very significant. |
Our government can't represent or favor any particular religion and it can't prevent you from picking any one you desire (or none at all). Sounds wise to me... unless you want your kids to be forced into being non-theists (which is the fastest growing demographic in the world).
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Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Last edited by hevusa; 01-18-2008 at 12:14 PM.
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