THe majority of the people who signed the Constitution were christians and founded this nation "One nation under God".
SO why is it that now people are so bent (Which is the minority of people) on getting God out of the public interface?
2006-12-03 19:09:02 · 19 answers · asked by tho_goren_lefty 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its been going on sinse it was written...... its Satan. He knows what this nation stands for and whom the author of our freedom is. He fights against that which is of God.
We are in trouble in this nation if folks don't repent and turn back to God. I"m telling you right now... there is a dark cloud over us and it ain't going away unless we return to Him and I mean fast.
This nation is a CHRISTIAN nation........it is the Chosen land. It will always be and Christ will return to this earth and he will retun to THIS nation. But not until a cleansing takes place.. unfortunately that cleansing ain't gonna be much fun for the majority.
2006-12-03 19:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by SunValleyLife 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Just because the people who ratified the Constitution may or may not have believed in God doesn't bind us to their belief system. Those who formulated the Constitution had the vision to see that their form of government would have to adapt and grow with the needs of the citizenry.
This is our time, bud. If we don't want calcified, worm-ridden old Jehovah affecting our public policy, then by God, it's time for God to go. But this is a democracy, and there are many believing Christians still in this country. They're free to believe and to vote their minds. They're free to argue against those of us who believe that Reason, rather than revelation, is a higher light. At the same time, we're free to argue that believers have simply bought into a bad idea. We're free to point out places where religious faith has been an excuse to strip away civil liberties or to restrain the pursuit of knowledge.
See, in democracies, we get to argue and debate. That's how it works.
2006-12-04 03:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by The Man Comes Around 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hope that your not foolish enough to believe everything that your government tells you. After 9/11 people are realizing that some thing's wrong with a God Concept that has taken over 100 million lives and encourages the followers to ignore it. It was a wake up call. In the future Mr. Bin Laden will be despised by all religions for what he started and now cannot stop. Killing for God will bring the end of religion.
2006-12-04 03:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by The professor 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As the others have corrected stated, most of the founding fathers were deists, who greatly resented and distrusted national religions.
And it's not so much that we want to get god out of the US government, its that we want to keep all gods from getting in. We are a democratic republic, not a theocracy. But up until this last national election, many of us were beginning to worry that we were becoming a theocracy. Theocracies necessarily deny some rights to people who have different religious beliefs than the govt. Most theocracies tend to become repressive dictatorships.
2006-12-04 03:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which God? The Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or Native American "god"? Freedom of religion is guaranteed in the constitution, which includes the choice to practice no religion at all. And who is to say that God is a "he"? The founding fathers wanted religious freedom GUARANTEED - you are distorting the historical reality of what the founding fathers intended and replacing it with your own personal opinion. I suggest you study a little more history.
2006-12-04 03:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by Paul H 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, many were Deists--no belief in a personal god. The "one nation under God" baloney is all anti-communist propaganda from the 1950s.
Our government endorsing one god is too close to establishing a national religious statement to be Constitutional.
2006-12-04 03:12:21 · answer #6 · answered by N 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Most were Deist.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Thomas Jefferson
2006-12-04 03:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Can you show me where the Constitution says any such thing - you know, that little document that IS the founding of this nation?
2006-12-04 03:13:27 · answer #8 · answered by Snark 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would encourage you to use this charming "internets" device and utilize your "wiki" function! The founding fathers, myself included, were not Christians! Indeed! Wiki that for yourself. Also, if you are easily offended, you might want to gloss over some of Mr. Franklin's Bio.
Good day to you!
2006-12-04 03:15:30 · answer #9 · answered by Laptop Jesus V. 2.0 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wrong. That was added in the 50s to distinguish us from the "Godless Communists".
Because otherwise, apparently you couldn't tell the difference.
2006-12-04 03:11:40 · answer #10 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋