If the founding fathers of the U.S. intended us to be a Christian country, why didn't they put anything in the first real, legal document we formed? Nothing in the Constitution, not even in the preamble, mixes religion with the state. If they really had those intentions, you think you'd find something that explicitly mentions Christianity in there.
2007-04-16 15:16:53 · 7 answers · asked by jtrusnik 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because they didn't want it there. They were drafting a document with freedom from or of religion.
2007-04-16 15:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm baffled by the ignorance of people. The Constitution of the United States of America does not validate or sponsor ANY religion over any other. The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States of America and The Bill of Rights are the 3 documents that comprise The Charters of the United States of America also known as The Charters of Freedom - it is a body of work that is comprehensive and created to work in conjunction. The Constitution does state " 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." The Declaration of Independence acknowledge that God exists :"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." and The Bill of Rights invokes the rights of humans in the United States of America to worship freely:"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 the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." That is the First Ammendment. (The First Ammendment does not protect religious organizations that conduct subversive activities, it does not protect "media" that propegate bogus news stories and it does not allow for the overthrow of Government by "internal or external forces." who's aim is the disruption of this country or change of the integral concepts on which this country was founded.) Infact punishment for such crimes are listed in the Constitution and THAT is some interesting reading.
2007-04-16 16:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson as well as others saw what religion did at the time of persecuting people who did not believe in a state religion - (Protestants versus Catholics) which is why not just in Federal documents but in state documents such a Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom - emphasizing that religion is a personal endevor and that the role of government is to legislate - commerce/trade - sovereign protection (military) and provide other laws that protect and educated the populations
2007-04-16 15:27:46 · answer #3 · answered by rowanwagner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody believes that the founding fathers intended to create a theocracy.
I wonder, though...why do we worry about what men who have been dead for centuries may or may not have intended?
Shouldn't we worry about what is good for our nation in our time?
Have we made good decisions regarding the role religion ought to play in our lives? In our children's lives?
I'm 57 years old....which means that I can remember a time when we honored God in this country. What I cannot remember from my childhood or even my young adulthood is incidents like this that happened today at VA Tech......
2007-04-16 15:40:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Government and religion sould not mix. They just left a state run religion, thats what they wanted to avoid. Rbeligion is a part of society. Thus Godly influences are part of the social aspect
2007-04-16 15:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Let's not allow the religious people interfere with our government.
2007-04-16 15:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by ShanShui 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Indeed. If they had intended the country to have a theocracy, they would have created one.
2007-04-16 15:21:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋