On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > If one takes the time to review these, there seems to be theme. > Representatives of the state should be Protestant. So, one has to ask, > where the framers and signers of the Declaration of Independence and > Constitution representatives of their states or did they just show up.
That one is pretty easy, I'm surprised you even have to ask. They showed up to write a governing document for a whole country, not a single colony. They needed to find a way to unite everyone in the face of overwhelming odds and they did that by admitting that they were, first and foremost, human beings and Americans and that that was what was important. There was no agreement amongst the colonies about a religious test for office, a national religion, an official motto...in a time of great tribulation, they bound together for the common good and set aside those things which sought to divide them including, first and foremost, religion. Religious mandates will never unite this country, they can only divide it. That was recognized almost 250 years ago and is still true today. Those that try to pretend otherwise seek to tear our country apart and are no true Americans. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
