Creator was used as a generic, remember many of the people who signed the Declaration and the Constitution were Diests, not necessarily Christian.
"God" does not appear in the constitution once. The only two references to religion include the right to practice ones own religion (as long as it does not infringe on any one else's constitutional rights; as with all rights outlined in the constitution) and the prohibition of religious tests for possible office holders. In the declaration of independence there are four references, 2 which were changed significantly from what Jefferson originally wrote. But the most famous bit, ". . . the equal and independent station to which the laws of nature and of NATURE'S GOD entitle them" was a specific reference to a Deistic concept of the watchmaker diety. In the second paragraph the phrase "endowed by their CREATOR" was added by Congress so strengthening the religious reference. In the conclusion the reference to God was added by the congress. However since the Declaration of Independence is not the law of the land then simply put Tim you're wrong about it being in the founding document. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:02 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > God has always been there, maybe not on the money or the pledge, I know > those were added later. But look at all the refrences to god and the > creator there are in the founding documents. Even from those who weren't > Christians. > > However the word god doesn't imply or support any secific religion, so I > don't have a problem with it. If it were in Christ we trust, or buddah, or > allah, I would have a major problem. > On Feb 14, 2013 1:56 PM, "zaphod" <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> My main issue with that is it's used by the masses to say "Hey look, our >> country was founded on christianity, just look at our pledge and our >> money". Meanwhile they have no idea is hasn't been there since the >> beginning. >> >> On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:46 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:42 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Or that left wing athiests haven't attacked all signs of spirituality or >> >> religion in public, even those rooted strongly inour history and >> culture. >> >> >> > >> > This is a very good point and not to be ignored. Like that asshole that >> > sued to get "IN God We Trust" off our money....or people who piss and >> moan >> > about "under God" in our pledge. >> > >> > Yeah, ok, i get it, it probably shouldn't be there....but shut the fuck >> up >> > and get back to work you whiny little shit whistle. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
