> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Electability and Religion (Yeah, More Atheist Stuff) > > One state missing from this list is a Northern state, Connecticut. > > Connecticut is still known as the "Constitution State" because its > colonial constitution was used as a model for the United States > Constitution. Its first words were: "For as much as *it has pleased the > almighty God *by the wise disposition of His Divine Providence." > > Also, > What ever happened to to the fact that this great nation was founded as > a Christian nation or the fact that the Constitution was founded on > Christian principals? When did we lose sight of this?
I hope you're being sarcastic. +) The US Constitution contains no references to "God" or "Christ" and the only references to religion are exclusionary. +) The only oath detailed in the Constitution (that of the presidency) contains no mention of God and no requirement to swear on the bible (that tradition was added much later). +) Our currency didn't have "in God we trust" on all of it until the 50's (it had appeared on some coins earlier but not until the 20th century). +) The word "God" did not appear in the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954. +) The only commandments that could be considered "covered" by American law are murder, theft and perjury. All of these are clearly not unique to the commandments. For the most part the debate about the religious beliefs of the founding fathers is moot since the document they created to govern the country lacks any religious basis. While most of the founding fathers (as products of their time) were indeed members of some or another church it's also clear that many (if not most) often questioned their faith while others were downright antagonistic towards religion. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243209 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
