Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hal, I really liked an appreciated your post. You have said it well. Thank you, n Rojas Say a Prayer (Not CF) Joe: One of the greatest myths you will find in U.S. history books is that our " founding fathers " were deeply religious, church going men. Some of them attended church, but most of them were agnostic, including those who wrote the Constitution. Our Constitution originally denied men who did not own land, women, and native-Americans the right to participate in government, and included slavery as an acceptable practice. So much for their deeply held religious beliefs. They were wise enough to include a prohibition against our government interfering with religion. It was Congress that chose to put " In God We Trust " on our money (and in our " pledge to the flag " ), thus assuring that the dollar would be the " supreme " force in our country. I well remember as a child in the Great Depression when the unemployed carried signs that said, " In God We Trusted, In Hoover We Went Busted! " A President or Attorney General can worship any way they please privately, but we are supposedly a nation of laws and citizens of many different ethnic origins and religions, atheists, and people of color. When a president or Attorney General makes reference to the specificity of one religion in his/her official capacity, he is not only violating our laws, he is a demagogue. Wouldn't it be wonderful that instead of using religion as a tool to gain votes, those who are or are not religious gathered together to end poverty, ignorance, and CF? Hal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Of course I can neither spell nor type, but am literate! n Say a Prayer (Not CF) Joe: One of the greatest myths you will find in U.S. history books is that our " founding fathers " were deeply religious, church going men. Some of them attended church, but most of them were agnostic, including those who wrote the Constitution. Our Constitution originally denied men who did not own land, women, and native-Americans the right to participate in government, and included slavery as an acceptable practice. So much for their deeply held religious beliefs. They were wise enough to include a prohibition against our government interfering with religion. It was Congress that chose to put " In God We Trust " on our money (and in our " pledge to the flag " ), thus assuring that the dollar would be the " supreme " force in our country. I well remember as a child in the Great Depression when the unemployed carried signs that said, " In God We Trusted, In Hoover We Went Busted! " A President or Attorney General can worship any way they please privately, but we are supposedly a nation of laws and citizens of many different ethnic origins and religions, atheists, and people of color. When a president or Attorney General makes reference to the specificity of one religion in his/her official capacity, he is not only violating our laws, he is a demagogue. Wouldn't it be wonderful that instead of using religion as a tool to gain votes, those who are or are not religious gathered together to end poverty, ignorance, and CF? Hal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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