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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 2789281" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>You simply can't accept that you are wrong. Most of the founders were deists, they believed a god, not necessarily Christian, some were Christian, but only a few were actually church goers. There is no mention of god in the constitution for a reason. They founders wanted this new nation to be accepting of all peoples and faiths. Religion is between a man and his god, no one else. </p><p></p><p>The article you posted makes a lot of assumptions, nowhere does any of the information I provided say that the Constitution imposes a duty on government not to acknowledge God at all. That is a BS line trying to whip readers into a frenzy. Acknowledging god and establishing a Christian nation are two completely different things. The founders were very clear on that. No endorsement of a particular religion, that doesn't mean that there can be acknowledgments of god. What it does mean is that the government cannot compel you to celebrate or worship in any way. It also means that a single person's beliefs cannot be used to encourage or discourage lawful behaviors. </p><p></p><p>The US government was founded as a secular nation, period. If you don't believe that, that is your prerogative. The page you posted is not even signed by an author, so you can't check their credentials. It is completely full of holes. The original article was not intended as a left-page right page article. The author of your rebuttal has no historical training at all, and here is a link to his about the author page- <a href="http://vftonline.org/EndTheWall/aboutauthor.htm" target="_blank">http://vftonline.org/EndTheWall/aboutauthor.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Notice no name, no credentials. I rely on facts and academic research, not crackpot lunatics that have an agenda.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 2789281, member: 8373"] You simply can't accept that you are wrong. Most of the founders were deists, they believed a god, not necessarily Christian, some were Christian, but only a few were actually church goers. There is no mention of god in the constitution for a reason. They founders wanted this new nation to be accepting of all peoples and faiths. Religion is between a man and his god, no one else. The article you posted makes a lot of assumptions, nowhere does any of the information I provided say that the Constitution imposes a duty on government not to acknowledge God at all. That is a BS line trying to whip readers into a frenzy. Acknowledging god and establishing a Christian nation are two completely different things. The founders were very clear on that. No endorsement of a particular religion, that doesn't mean that there can be acknowledgments of god. What it does mean is that the government cannot compel you to celebrate or worship in any way. It also means that a single person's beliefs cannot be used to encourage or discourage lawful behaviors. The US government was founded as a secular nation, period. If you don't believe that, that is your prerogative. The page you posted is not even signed by an author, so you can't check their credentials. It is completely full of holes. The original article was not intended as a left-page right page article. The author of your rebuttal has no historical training at all, and here is a link to his about the author page- [url]http://vftonline.org/EndTheWall/aboutauthor.htm[/url] Notice no name, no credentials. I rely on facts and academic research, not crackpot lunatics that have an agenda. [/QUOTE]
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