I am a very religious person and I believe in God. I also believe that our founding fathers were very faith-driven men who believed in God and wanted to fight for their rights to worship as they pleased, not governed by British Rule (i.e. Church of England).
Their idea of the separation of Church and State was derived from that idea... that they should not have to worship as the government saw fit.
Our founding fathers were, I believe, led by God to establish the USA as a free nation so that freedom of expression and true freedom and human growth could take place.
Now, I always run into people who take offense with things our president says. "God bless America" rolls off his lips all the time and his speech last night had some good religious overtones.
The day we stop thanking God for this great nation is the day we are all wiped off the face of the earth. We live in a blessed nation and with that comes great responsibility. If you don't believe in God, that's your right... but do NOT discount the actual principles by which this nation was founded and say that the founding fathers were not God-fearring people who founded this nation with freedom of religion in mind.
People tend to overlook the fact that the first article of the constitution guarantees the freedom of religion (or non-religion). Dubya is a religious person and because he's in public office, nothing would make him more phony than to pretend that he wasn't.</rant>
Their idea of the separation of Church and State was derived from that idea... that they should not have to worship as the government saw fit.
Our founding fathers were, I believe, led by God to establish the USA as a free nation so that freedom of expression and true freedom and human growth could take place.
Now, I always run into people who take offense with things our president says. "God bless America" rolls off his lips all the time and his speech last night had some good religious overtones.
The day we stop thanking God for this great nation is the day we are all wiped off the face of the earth. We live in a blessed nation and with that comes great responsibility. If you don't believe in God, that's your right... but do NOT discount the actual principles by which this nation was founded and say that the founding fathers were not God-fearring people who founded this nation with freedom of religion in mind.
People tend to overlook the fact that the first article of the constitution guarantees the freedom of religion (or non-religion). Dubya is a religious person and because he's in public office, nothing would make him more phony than to pretend that he wasn't.</rant>