"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. "
Sure, that was important. That doesn't address the issue though. Were they representatives of the states? If so, that would indicate with high probability that they were Protestants. This in turn means that the majority of the founding fathers were Protestant. Also, it is important to note that the unity of the colonies was a goal, but it was also a goal to protect each colony's individual rights. This was just as important or even more important. See the tenth amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. "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." There was no test. However, was one even needed. When Obama meets with his cabinet, does he need to ask if they want to destroy capitalism in our country? Or is it just assumed. When the founding fathers met, was it just assumed that everyone was a Protestant? If so, then it means setting aside differences had to do more with Lutheran vs Presbyterian vs Quaker than Islam vs Judaism vs Christianity. "Religious mandates will never unite this country, they can only divide it." I don't have a problem with this. I love the fact that we have church's, synagogues, mosques, and so on. I love the fact that we have congressmen who are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, atheist, and so on. Our diversity has the potential to make us very strong. "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." This is true if you're talking about a variety of different religions or if branches of one religion. J === The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants. - Albert Camus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320689 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
