The Declaration of Independence has no force of law in the US. The constitution has no mention of God or religion beyond the 1st amendment statement Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The founding fathers had no intention of establishing a "christian" nation and were quite vocal on that point.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM, sam morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/the_judeochristian_values_of_a.html > > 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. > -Declaration of Independence > > Our Founding Fathers separated church from state, but they wisely did not > separate God from state; they acknowledged God as the source of our rights, > and, in fact, they were careful to place Biblical morality directly into our > founding documents and laws, and into our values and culture precisely to > help prevent a future of totalitarian or tyrannical rule in America. The > combination of keeping Judeo-Christian religious morality in the state, as > opposed to the church it's self; and, additionally, setting up our laws based > on reason and common sense has contributed to the American Character, and to > what is known as "American Exceptionalism." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262291 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
