The founders were self professed believers in NATURE’s God. They added the separation of church and state, to prevent the state from establishing a state sponsored religion, like the church of England.
They then used the teachings of Judeo-Christian faiths as their main legal foundation.
IMHO — The book the 5000 Year Leap is a very good read for understanding all about this subject.
“They added the separation of church and state, to prevent the state from establishing a state sponsored religion, like the church of England”
What part is the “separation” ?
Congress shall make no law...
I don’t see that separating anything
There is nothing in the Constitution that says anything about “separation of state and religion”. That phrase was manufactured by the left as a way to marginalize religion in America’s life.
All the Founding Father’s wanted to preclude was the establishment of a “state religion”. Many of them had first and second hand experience with The Church of England, for example. This so-called religion was created by Henry VIII, I think, because the Catholic Church refused to grant him a third or fourth divorce. The reason for the divorce: His queen could not conceive.
Tarpon, “separation of state” is a leftist demrat lie. Are you sure you’re not trolling?
And tell me pray tell, where was that added?
NO.
The founders wanted to keep government out of religion.
They had no problem with religion’s influence on government, and in fact among the first official acts of both houses of Congress was to provide for a chaplin for each house. Since day 1, sessions of congress have been opened with prayer.
Try again.
- JP
One, they didn't use the term "separation of church and state", they wrote an amendment that said that the government could not control any religion and make it the state religion. The first amendment does not give us freedom from religion but freedom of religion, and two, YES, the founding fathers were all Christians, as were the vast majority of Europeans at the time.