We had state establishments, they weren’t struck down until 1947 or after.
Here’s Clarence Thomas again.
This textual analysis is consistent with the prevailing view that the Constitution left religion to the States. ... History also supports this understanding: At the founding, at least six States had established religions.
The “Wall of Separation” TJ quote from Danbury was a little known footnote in history until 1947, not a famous pillar of jurisprudence. Hugo Black wanted to find something, anything, to justify himself, maybe just to get the idea in there later, and found this obscure TJ quote. It’s Hugo Black that made this quote famous. It wasn’t a famous quote that Hugo Black used.
Thomas Jefferson wrote it, and I clearly understand it.
Jefferson was an atheist, but he understood that religion was an issue that was between man and his god. (Notice he used "g" instead of "G" because I believe it to mean he's not singling out one religion over another.)
Atheism, in my view, is a religion. Because religion means that you have a fervent belief in "something" even if that "something" is "nothing" (as in "there is no 'supreme being'")
Additionally, secularism is a religion because it believes that the earth has domain over man. Whereas, Christianity believes that man has domain over the earth and everything within it.