In a message dated 7/13/07 12:31:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The brief notes that the U.S. Constitution lacks even "a perfunctory or formalistic reference to God" and says during the debate over ratification of that document, delegates discussed Roman law, British law and the laws of other European nations but "as can best be determined, no delegate ever mentioned the Ten Commandments or the Bible." [...] No, but the Declaration of Independence does and various state constitutions did refer to a Deity. This also refers to the ratification of the Constitution, not its writing which was partially written by John Jay, first Supreme Court Head Justice who said: " Providence has given our people the choice of their rulers and it is their duty as well as privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christian rulers." Who of course would reflect Christian values in their decisions and laws. Of course other law was considered and adopted considering the times. We don't stone people nor cast them out based upon disease. And how would they determine whether any delegate ever used the term Ten Commandments or laws of Moses or any other such terms? Were they there? But we do know the values they lived by, 29 were Anglicans, 16 to 18 were Calvinist , 2 were Methodist, 2 Lutherans 2 Catholics, 1 Quaker/Anglican and 1 known Deist who was Benjamin Franklin who by the attended various Churches. There were only 55 writers and signers of the Constitution. . ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
