RE: Christian = Republican?
December 9, 2013 at 1:23 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2013 at 1:43 pm by Drich.)
(December 9, 2013 at 11:17 am)Chas Wrote:(December 9, 2013 at 11:12 am)Drich Wrote: Define religious document. The constitution may not declare God to be 'x' nor does it say one has to worship god a certain way, but it does allow for state sponsered church, or so thought men like Jefferson Adams and the other founding fathers.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06-2.html
No, Jefferson and Adams were staunch advocates of the separation of church and state. You are delusional.
You didn't click on the link did you?
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06.html (page one the above link is to page two)
If Jefferson and madison (or Adams) held to your understanding of this seperation then why did they both hold church services in the captiol building? why did they use govermental funds to print bibles? What they meant by seperation of church and state was the state could not dictate or put limits on what the church was allowed to do. In the link provided there are copies of the actual letters Jefferson wrote defining what he ment. IF you take the time to educate yourself you would see there is a huge difference between what they actually thought and what you have sheepishly accepted the meaning of this seperation between C&S to mean.
(December 9, 2013 at 11:33 am)Minimalist Wrote: Drippy, dear drippy....Jefferson did not write the Constitution. He was in Paris watching the revolution break out as American ambassador.
And Madison said, famously: "Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.”
― James Madison
Smart guy, that Madison.
You didn't click on the link did you?
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06.html (page one the above link is to page two)
If Jefferson and madison (or Adams) held to your understanding of this seperation then why did they both hold church services in the captiol building? why did they use govermental funds to print bibles? What they meant by seperation of church and state was the state could not dictate or put limits on what the church was allowed to do. In the link provided there are copies of the actual letters Jefferson wrote defining what he ment. IF you take the time to educate yourself you would see there is a huge difference between what they actually thought and what you have sheepishly accepted the meaning of this seperation between C&S to mean.
Just incase you can't or simply won't read the info I provided in the link here is a video
http://youtu.be/3zek_T7ZW-Y
