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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Are there any doubts that this government was intended to include religious faith as one of the guiding principals?

2006-07-02 15:40:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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the majority of our Founding Fathers were Christians sooooo they probably mean God anyhoo who else believes in creation. and yes religious faith was suppose to help guide but not overrule and imprison

2006-07-02 15:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

During the time in question, atheists & Unitarians were still being executed & persecuted by the Catholic church & Church of England.

The "creator" to whom they referred was the same non-existent "creator" referred to today. But, during those times, anyone who professed to be an atheist would have been executed by some local mob.

Don't read more into things you don't understand than is there.


They intentionally designated the US as an atheist (secular) nation. If they had intended the US to be a "Christian" nation, they would have included that requirement in the Constitution.

2006-07-02 15:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0 0

The Founding Fathers were then very much believers and the Creator to them is God. They felt the the rights of men came from a greater power than themselves and they felt it needed to be stated.

Weather we today want to believe as they did doesn't matter. Our choices our ours. But shouldn't we today be glad that they saw the need to have the rights of men stated and protected?

2006-07-02 16:02:49 · answer #3 · answered by Dead Man Walking 4 · 0 0

since most of them were Masons. I would believe they are referring to the all seeing eye, or YHWH. A form of that. Masonic belief is based on monotheism, but a all knowing god, that incompases all gods of such religions as Muslim,Christian,Hindi, etc.

2006-07-02 15:43:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Religion and Creator are not the same thing. Never have been. In fact, religions are antithetical to Creator.

2006-07-02 15:44:26 · answer #5 · answered by tczubernat 4 · 0 0

Well, of course they were referring to God, but Ben Franklyn also said "Beer is proof that God exists and wants us to be happy", so I guess they were all schnookered when they wrote that so we have no idea what they were talking about. Like when they said we had the right to bear arms....it doesn't translate! or what about "no taxation without representation", what does THAT mean? No one really knows anymore so it's a free for all!!
And I'm not even going to get into the separation of church and................................................................................................................................................................................................. state. (just wanted to be safe)

2006-07-02 15:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by something'srotten 4 · 0 0

They were referring to God, but weren't defining him.

2006-07-02 15:43:57 · answer #7 · answered by rhymingron 6 · 0 0

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