James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement:
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We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country, said:
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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."
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.
"Anytime religion is mentioned within the confines of government today people cry, "
Separation of Church and State". Many people think this statement appears in the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution and therefore must be strictly enforced.
However, the words: "
separation", "
church", and "
state"
do not even appear in the first amendment.
The first amendment reads, "
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
The statement about a wall of separation between church and state was made in a letter on January 1, 1802, by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut. The congregation heard a widespread rumor that the Congregationalists, another denomination, were to become the national religion.
This was very alarming to people who knew about religious persecution in England by the state established church. Jefferson made it clear in his letter to the Danbury Congregation that the separation was to be that
government would not establish a national religion or dictate to men how to worship God (the true meaning of "Separation of Church and State".
Jefferson's letter, from which the phrase "separation of church and state" was taken, affirmed first amendment rights.
Jefferson wrote:
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I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,
" thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.
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http://www.noapathy.org/tracts/mythofseparation.html
I believe that the phrase "separation of church and state" has been supremely misinterpretted and manipulated, in order to allow for the atrocious laws that are being passed in recent history.
Non-Christians cry out "Religious Oppression!" whenever religion becomes a factor in any environment - medical, educational, or governmental.
The First Amendment has been completely taken out of context.
As stated above, the First Amendment deals with disallowing our government the right to control a church, or religion. It also prevents any church from controlling the government.
When people sue a school for subjecting their child to the Pledge of Allegiance (which is an age old tradition, citing the pride and blood that have sustained this great country), using the First Amendment as an umbrella, they are not only twisting the law, but spitting in the face of our founding fathers.
No one can deny it...
this country was FOUNDED ON CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES.
It may not be the popular way of doing things NOW, but that is how it was intended to be upon creation.
The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:
"Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."
I happen to agree.
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