"Who cares if they were predominantly Protestant and made assumptions?"
Obviously Judah does or he wouldn't have posted a reply. "You know what happens when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of you and umption. " And sometimes, one has to make assumption to carry on a debate or discussion. Else, there is nothing to debate. In this case, it really isn't necessary to assume. The majority of the founding fathers were Christian. "They laid out a governing document. A lot of it has stayed the same. Some of it has changed. Outside that governing document, assumptions have changed as society has changed." But has the intent/meaning of the constitution changed? The old living, breathing document number. "Those old dudes had some good ideas. I'm bound by the ones that they turned into law and that we haven't changed. I'm not bound by any others and no one else is either." Okay. "First 6 Presidents, not a single one of them what you would identify as a main stream Protestant. No Methodists, no Lutherans, no Puritan/Baptists. I would suggest that your assumptions about the religious foundations of our country and misguided." But were they Christian? I wasn't saying a country following protestant ideals. It was Christian ideals. I would suggest that your assumptions about the religious foundation of our country are misguided as well. Revisionist even. "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." First Chief Justice of Supreme Court John Jay "The American population is entirely Christian, and with us Christianity and Religion are identified. It would be strange indeed, if with such a people, our institutions did not presuppose Christianity, and did not often refer to it, and exhibit relations with it." John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801-1835. I don't believe that the founding fathers were calling for a Christian nation. However, there is plenty of room to argue that they desired a nation of Christians, regardless of denomination. As seen above two chief justices of our country thought so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
