>The word God does not exist in the Constitution. It is only in the >Declaration in the first sentence which says: >When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one >people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with >another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and >equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle >them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they >should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Yeah, that would be the recognition of a higher power I was talking about. Hardly makes for a whole foundation. >Claims to the contrary by social climbers, few people can actually >trace their lineage to the Mayflower. There was only 102 people on the >Mayflower and over half of them died in the first year. Those on the >Mayflower, however, were religious separatists and would have been >among the first to call for separation of church and state. I'll admit I didn't fact check myself and I honestly can't remember where I heard that. Regardless there can be no doubt that the Pilgrims have had a huge impact on our culture. And I do believe you're correct about them calling for a separation of church and state. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320760 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
