RE: Ken Ham petulantly stamps his feet at reality, internet replies, "this is stupid."
February 11, 2015 at 12:15 am
The separation of church and state is not a law, but legal precedent. Whatever the original intent of the phrase was is moot now. As a matter of legal interpretation, Esquilax is right on. While it's not mentioned in the Constitution, neither is god. And the Declaration of Independence isn't a legal document.
The Supreme Court does feature carvings of Moses and the Ten Commandments. It also features carvings of Confucius, Solon, Hammurabi, Augustus, Charlemagne, Napolean, and many others.
Oath swearing is done to the beliefs of the person swearing in.
Monuments are a reflection of history. That they mention god or bible verses only reflects the beliefs of those people.
In God We Trust only became the national motto in 1956 as a direct result of the Red Scare. It was literally just a way to differentiate ourselves from those atheistic commies. While the phrase slowly propagated on coin currency from the 1880s or so on, the national motto was originally the secular E Pluribus Unum. Which is still used on our national seal.
The national anthem does not mention god. The poem does, in the 4th stanza (I believe), but the actual song based on the 1st stanza makes no mention of it.
The rest is just a mishmash of tradition and controversy avoidance, because everyone knows the nations' panties would get in a twist if a president didn't mention god during their inauguration.
The Supreme Court does feature carvings of Moses and the Ten Commandments. It also features carvings of Confucius, Solon, Hammurabi, Augustus, Charlemagne, Napolean, and many others.
Oath swearing is done to the beliefs of the person swearing in.
Monuments are a reflection of history. That they mention god or bible verses only reflects the beliefs of those people.
In God We Trust only became the national motto in 1956 as a direct result of the Red Scare. It was literally just a way to differentiate ourselves from those atheistic commies. While the phrase slowly propagated on coin currency from the 1880s or so on, the national motto was originally the secular E Pluribus Unum. Which is still used on our national seal.
The national anthem does not mention god. The poem does, in the 4th stanza (I believe), but the actual song based on the 1st stanza makes no mention of it.
The rest is just a mishmash of tradition and controversy avoidance, because everyone knows the nations' panties would get in a twist if a president didn't mention god during their inauguration.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
