Why is God mentioned in the Preamble?

Question

The constitution makes it very clear about the separation of church and state. This is the agreement that we all agreed to pay taxes for. And be that as it may that God remains in the preamble, but which god is it referring to? We are a nation of many religions and to state that there is only one deity in the preamble is demeaning other religions! What if you’re an atheist? Would you want to recite the preamble when you don’t even believe in the existence of a deity? The preamble should apply to all Americans in the United States and not outcast anyone!

I would like to mention this because some people dont understand our constitution. The First Amendment guarantees the principle of the separation of church and state - by implication, because separating church and state is what allows religious liberty to exist!

Answer 1

God was mentioned in the Preamble because the framers of the constitution sought the help of the Divine Providence to guide the new country. They did not request the Church to intervene in the affairs of the state but only sought for guidance.

Answer 2

The U.S. was founded on Judea-Christian principles. Many people misunderstand the ORIGINAL concept of "separation of church and state." The people who wrote the Constitution merely wanted the government to be free of dominance or control by any church. They never intended for God to be "abolished." Nor did they intend for anything Christian be done away with so as not to offend anyone. From the earliest times in this country, prayer was said in school. In both Houses of Congress, our elected officials begin EACH day with a prayer. There is even a Chaplain in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, paid by tax dollars. Thank God they've not done away with that. I personally feel the Preamble and the entire Constitution applies to everyone.

Answer 3

He isn't.

Here is the preamble: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

And the Constitution says nothing about "separation of church and state." That phrase came from Thomas Jefferson who was reassuring a concerned citizen that the state would stay out of the Church's business! (we've kinda got that twisted around, don't we?)

Here's the relevant part of the First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Remember these people had come from England, where everyone was taxed to support the Church of England. That's what they were talking about, not this current allergy to any mention of "god" in any public venue.

Our founding fathers had no problem with the mention of God by public officials, nor officially calling on Him.

Germany officially supports two churches: Catholic and Lutheran. They get government funds. That's establishment of religion. (other churches are free to form and operate in Germany, but they're on their own financially)

In Saudi Arabia there is one religion: Islam. Period. I don't think you can even take a Bible into the kingdom. I know citizens of SA aren't allowed to be anything other than Muslim (if they convert, they are subject to being killed). That is both establishment of religion and preventing the free exercise of (other) religions.

In the old Soviet Union, you couldn't be anything but atheist. Okay, they tolerated a few Orthodox churches, but young people couldn't attend. Many people of many religions spent a lot of time in torture camps there for trying to practice their religion. Our Constitution prohibits such persecution ("free exercise").

In Communist China today, if you go to church, you can only legally attend the official Three Self church, where they are only allowed to preach on government-approved subjects (but, hey, they can take foreigners to church and show them their "freedom of religion!"). Anyone practicing any other religion is subject to torture and imprisonment under horrible conditions. That is both a government-established religion and prohibition of the free exercise of any other.

Answer 4

I don't know what constitution you're reading, but the U.S. constitution does not separate church and state. You're basing your assumptions off of bad information. Try reading the constitution, specifically the first amendment. Government may not make a law that favors and benefits one religion but that is it. Religion is allowed to be included in government affairs as long as they are not making a law requiring or prohibiting somebody from exercising a specific religion. Our country was founded on religious principles by religious men under God. I consider myself an atheist to some degree but I understand the constitution and the right to freedom of religion and the fact that this nation was founded on Christian values.

Answer 5

Our Founding Fathers were VERY clear, and you need to READ the Constitution and it's 27 Amendments... particularly the FIRST Amendment.

There is NO "separation of church and state" IN the Constitution, NOR is it IMPLIED !! They wanted there to be no STATE religion... a religion that was imposed by the state.

It gives us the freedom OF religion, not FROM religion.

Answer 6

Please get a copy of the constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Read them and don't take someones word for it.
People say things as if the know something and only give what they want you to hear. God isn't mentioned in the preamble of the Constitution. Religion and government is just like oil and vinegar. You must keep shaking the bottle to keep them combined.

Answer 7

As in any political document, the persons involved in drafting the Constitution wanted to garner as much support as possible, so the argument was made that the Revolution was inspired by and supported by God, with no clear delineation as to what God or whose God was being invoked.

Also at this time, the concept of God tended to be a remote and impersonal force that created the universe and its rules, but did not pay much attention to the day to day events in human existence. Hence the argument is not God, so much as it is the rules and principles that God introduced into human standards of morality, that made it right and just for America to be independent.

Read Locke and Hume for a better understanding of these concepts in revolutionary America.

Answer 8

Because those people believed in one God for all. Most people believe in some sort of God even though they may call him something else.
The men & women who fought & died for this country during the Reveloution didn't worry about being politically correct. They wrote what was in their hearts.
Say that 70% of the people in this country believe in God & 30% do not. Does that give us just cause to cease to use the name of God? Perhaps there are 10% of the people who are Atheists, which is their right, does this then give them the right to take away the name of God; because it offends them; from the 90% who do believe in God?
I do believe that we can become too politically correct in trying to satisfy each & every one which cannot be done. Generally, when a majority of people believe in something; the majority wins.
I suggest you leave it alone. The Preamble is part of our heritage, to try to change it would take meaning from those men & women who dared to give there all to give us the freedom for people like you to question every little thing. But it doesn't give you the right to request that we bow to your every whim.

Answer 9

It is mentioned in the Preamble because the TRUE, ONE AND ONLY GOD, is the reason that settlers came over from England. They wanted the freedom to worship the God who made the heavens and the earth. Our nation was founded on God.

Answer 10

lots of our founding fathers and early presidents have been freethinkers -- atheists, pantheists, agnostics, and so on. a considerable founding concept became into the liberty of (and from) faith. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, there is likewise a straightforward perception that governments desire a "larger authority" to base their very own authority on. This perception is going lower back to the classic Egyptians. The final century observed societies rejecting this choose for a extra robust authority. Communist international places, in specific, rejected God as portion of their political doctrine. The U.S. continues to be between the main Christian of international locations (via all polls), so it relatively is not superb that God hasn't been elementary to root out of government. The fundamentalist Christian backlash from Darwinism set lower back the freethinker flow extensively. in the previous Darwin, the country became right into a lot extra tolerant of divergent perspectives. upload this all up and it relatively is easier to be sure why God is interjected into government via a Christian citizenry.