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| CHURCH AND STATE |
| Sunday, December 19, 2004 |
| Point 1:
Separation of Church and State is not even mentioned in the Constitution.
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posted by Jack Mercer @ 12/19/2004 09:35:00 PM   |
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| 3 Comments: |
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Thank you! I've been trying to get that very message out for years.
Henwshiperer
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Our founding fathers disagree...
The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. (John Adams)
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprize. (James Madison)
A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy. (James Madison)
I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth. (Thomas Jefferson)
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of... Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all. (Thomas Paine)
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Hi Vicky!
Glad you stopped by to comment on the News Snipet.
I appreciate the quotes, but the opinions of our founding fathers do not change what the Constitution says or doesn't.
I like your handle (I love the First Amendment). I love all of them!
Take care!
-Jack
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Thank you! I've been trying to get that very message out for years.
Henwshiperer