Given that the Constitution was written in the 1780s, it doesn't seem very likely that the framers wouldn't have known that their language could be interpreted to refer to non-Christian religions or even a lack of religion. While deism wasn't common in the United States at the time, it was widespread enough among educated people on both sides of the Atlantic that there's literally no way that the founders wouldn't have had it cross their minds (bringing up Jefferson's deism here is almost irrelevant, but it probably does need to be done). Beyond that, there was a small but noticeable Jewish population in the colonies. All of the constitutional framers would have known about Islam and Eastern religions like Hinduism or Buddhism, even though they weren't widespread in the New World.
If they had intended to give priority to Christianity, they would have known enough to do so.
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A reference to God in a legal text is called
invocatio dei ("call on God") if the text itself is proclaimed in the name of the deity. A reference to God in another context is called
nominatio dei, or "naming of God".
[1][2]
History[edit]
Invocationes dei have a long tradition in European
legal history outside national constitutions. In
ancient times and the
Middle Ages, gods or God were normally invoked in contracts to guarantee the agreements made,
[3] and formulas such as "
In the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" were used at the beginning of legal documents to emphasize the fairness and justness of the created norms.
[4] Treaties between Christian nations customarily began with an invocation of God up until the late nineteenth century.
[5]
When written constitutions became the norm for modern states in the nineteenth century, several European states carried this tradition over to their founding documents and retained it since, while others notably
laicist France and states influenced by it did not do so, so as to preserve the state's religious neutrality.
[6] European countries whose constitutions do
not make reference to God include Norway (1814), Luxembourg (1868/1972), Iceland(1944/68), Italy (1947), Portugal (1976) and Spain (1978);
[2] some of those who do are listed below. In the United States, the
federal constitution makes no reference to God, but the constitutions of the states of
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Michigan,
New Mexico,
Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin,
Colorado,
Washington,
Nevada,
Iowa,
Texas, and
Massachusetts, and the U.S. territory
Puerto Rico,
do. They generally use an
invocatio of "
God the Almighty" or the "Supreme Ruler of the Universe".
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_references_to_God
The people fleeing to this continent for religious freedom did not flee from Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam for the most part, obviously.
It is a moot point at this time anyhow whether the folks on the Mayflower, or framers of the constitution etc wanted to plunge into Satanic darkness, opposing God at every turn and His word or not. I doubt the majority of them did.
The issue I raised was the current state of the nation and antichrist leadership. Forget how we got here and whether long dead people may have wanted it or not!
The fact that they didn't choose to privilege Christianity in the Constitution speaks volumes.
Great, it sealed their fate. No news there.
The Constitution does honor Christianity, though, along with all other religions. It pays them the honor of leaving them all alone, which is more important than you can possibly realize.
It is not leaving them alone when Satan/Obamacare forced people to accept and promote baby killing meds against their will.
Leaving all religions alone means not privileging a single one and not letting its moral code become enshrouded in law, except where its code also serves a legitimate secular purpose (as in the case of prohibiting murder).
That is Babylon beliefs. The idea that God should be relegated to just one of many gods (multiculturalism etc) is nothing new. Excuse me if I do not buy into it.
Wanting any of your religion's tenets to be the law of the land is not wanting the government to show respect to your faith.
You want to pretend they do?? My faith is not dependent on them liking or lumping it.
It is wanting the government to show a lack of respect to the beliefs of another person.
The nature of antichrist leadership is to respect all things except Christ. That is the US today. Hallelujah!! An antichrist terrorist state.
