Again, the founders that were Diests believed in God and mostly Christ but didn't like the changes the big religions made.
. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:361182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
