RE: Whose view of the O T is authoritative? Jewry or Christianity?
January 8, 2012 at 1:01 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2012 at 1:03 pm by chi pan.)
Rhythm Wrote:I think you've bought into the spin that this amendment was meant to protect christianity. It was not. It was meant to protect christians from each other
no, it was to protect all religions from the government. there's no spin that's what it was for. "congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of a religion"- means that congress shall make no law in favor of one religion over another; "or prohibit the free excercise thereof"- means that congress shall make no law prohibiting free excercise of religion. there is nowhere where it says churches are not allowed to do this or that, this is directed towards government.
and i pointed out christian beliefs because Minimalist denied them.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
