It's bullshit.
The founders realized the way religious wars were splitting nations in Europe and they wanted to avoid that. They formed a government that specifically left religious matters to the individuals, not the government. If god gets into politics, what's to stop Catholics from forcing protestants from saying the Hail Mary? Or what's to stop Baptists from banning alcohol, even to non-Baptists? Or what's to stop Jews from outlawing pork?
The founders realized the way religious wars were splitting nations in Europe and they wanted to avoid that. They formed a government that specifically left religious matters to the individuals, not the government. If god gets into politics, what's to stop Catholics from forcing protestants from saying the Hail Mary? Or what's to stop Baptists from banning alcohol, even to non-Baptists? Or what's to stop Jews from outlawing pork?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
