The Constitution does not state what having a religion means. As for your point, how does a bunch of atheists trolling Christians by displaying a statute of Satan remove the rights of Christians to believe in Jesus?
How so?
Plagiarism is just lifting paragraphs without attribution. State your case in your own words, using authority for support only, please. It's impossible to pick out what someone is saying when paragraphs are lifted from elsewhere without specific attribution.They all have cites. Madison's Against Religious Assessments is well-known, as is Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists. (Barbarian checks)
Against Religious Assessements
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163
Letter to Danbury Baptists
https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danpre.html
Were there any others you couldn't find?
As you see, two men most responsible for the Bill of Rights clearly indicated a need for a wall of separation between church and state. As you also see, Madison cited in detail why government support of religion is intrinsically evil and harmful to both.
No, they protected individuals from state involvement in the church. They wanted the government completely out of religion.
In fact, Jefferson quite bluntly stated that his statutes of religious freedom were intended to equally protect Christians, Jews, Muslims, and "Hindoos." Since many of the founders were deists, not christians, it's not surprising that was so.
And of course, Madison, who was a committed Christian, was one of the strongest opponents of establishing Christianity in the new nation.
Yeah, I remember the old boards, where things where threaded in branching mode. Seems to be completely gone now.
The lack of substantive response is indeed perplexing and a time-waster. Seems like you are just pot-stirring with no wish to actually discuss anything.yeah, it really is annoying when people don't post like other people want them to. Someone should start a thread and describe the right way and the wrong way for people to post in these threads. I'd be interested in watching that thread.
tulc(was under the impression people could use the smileys as much or as little as they liked)
Distraction.Then why would he have his disciples do such public things to proclaim his existence?
Plagiarism is just lifting paragraphs without attribution.
The Founding Fathers assumed the basics of the faith and indeed almost no literate or erudite person was without this basis of knowledge and practice in those days.
It is true that some of the Founders were deists. But in no fashion did they assume that the State needed to be protected from the Church.
That's just false
and the statements of all of them support this understanding of the common basis of morality and of God.
They simply - and rightly - did not wish to create another theocracy, so that peoples of various faiths could settle in.
Or I simply don't agree with something that's said and say so. If the person who I disagree with supplies some sort of proof for what they say I'll respond to that. If the whole of their argument is "This is how it is prove me wrong!" then it's just one guy on the internet expressing his opinion and opinions are like noses: everyone has one and they can pick their own.The lack of substantive response is indeed perplexing and a time-waster. Seems like you are just pot-stirring with no wish to actually discuss anything.
That is completely up to you. ...of course that also means if you post something I disagree with I can respond to it as well. That's how these boards work.Best to do as some others and simply respond to posters who are substantively responding in good faith.
I'm not sure they're inappropriately placed. I think iEnjoy your inappropriately placed smileys.
Using smilies can be flaming on CF, and if someone who is on the receiving end deems them inappropriate, it's probably flaming.
Anyway... whether people believe the history and basic foundations of the USA we ARE a Judeo-Christian nation.
Barbarian observes:
It doesn't, but this particular group of people feel entitled not only to practice their religion, but also to keep others from having the same rights.
They want the right to install their religious symbols on public property but don't want other religions to have the same right.
Using smilies can be flaming on CF, and if someone who is on the receiving end deems them inappropriate, it's probably flaming.
Anyway... whether people believe the history and basic foundations of the USA we ARE a Judeo-Christian nation and our God is Almighty God... not any other. This is one reason why Islamism should not be acceptable as they demand people worship allah as God. This statue is a god to the satanists.
The ONLY good thing is that the moslems will probably have it removed as they have worked at doing for ALL our statues in this country.
The Satanists?
I’m just trying to figure out how the Satanists are preventing people from following their chosen religion.
Also, I don’t click links in forums.
Nothing personal, just hard lessons learned hard ways.
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