Fuck This "Xtian Nation" Shit!

[Polaris]

Ever hear of the Protestant work ethic?

Actually, I hadn't. I don't know very much about Protestantism. Just wondering; does this imply that all other christian sects are lazy?

Really. Where do you get that the Constitution clearly explains the Separation of Church and State? That only came into play starting in 1948.

"Separation of church and state" (sometimes "wall of separation between church and state") is a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson (in his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists) and others expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The phrase has since been repeatedly cited by the Supreme Court of the United States.

It's not found by studying Protestantism, but from studying American Colonial history.

It was first used in 1868 by the Supreme Court in a pro-religious connotation. It was not until 1948 that it took on its current meaning.

Jefferson had no part in the drafting of the Constitution because he was not in America at the time if I recall. Furthermore, the 1st Amendment was pushed for by religious groups that just did not want to have a state-dominated religion that would prevent them worshiping as they see fit. It was not about Separation of Church and State, but about the freedom for them to worship as they sought fit.

Well America (or more plainly the framework for what would become America arising during early Colonial America) was founded on Protestant morality and ethics. That has carried through the centuries.

I had no idea that Protestand morality and ethics involved completely ignoring the sixth commandment.

Isn't the Sixth Commandment thou shall not murder?