[average american student]

America was against a national church, not against religious influence in public life.

[discipler]

Right on! Thanks for the article.
I was saddened to hear the new governor of Caleefornia say he was beholden to no one but the citizens. He is, whether he knows it or not, beholden to God Almighty.

[azhenfud]

I read this article and thought of you.
Regards,
Az

[Jeff Head]

I believe John Adams said it best when he stated:

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."- John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798

Jeff Head
Author, The Dragon's Fury Series
A techno-thriller series about the next World War

[thinktwice]

Jefferson, a man not just of reason, but of faith,

Wrong! Jefferson was an atheist. See it at http://no-god.com/article/quote.html

Some Jefferson quotes from that website ...

"Question boldly even the existence of God; because if there be one, He must approve the homage of Reason rather than that of blindfolded Fear."

"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature."

"Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies."

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being of His Father, in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

All the above are from Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President, author, scientist, architect, educator, and diplomat

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