Agree/disagree: If the Founding Fathers really wanted a Christian nation, then why does their First Amendment conflict with the First, Second, and Third Commandments?
Most of you remember the First, Second, and Third Commandments:
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
"Thou shalt not make any graven image."
And almost as many of you remember the First Amendment:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for redress of grievances."
So if the Founders were establishing a "Christian nation," why did they draft this amendment and why did they make it the first and most important one?
2007-07-02
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