| Most discussions opposing the role of Christianity in | | | | systems he started in D.C. and Virginia. The required |
| the United States arise from an abyss of ignorance | | | | texts for each school system were the Bible, Watt's |
| so deep as to be unfathomable. You can endlessly | | | | book of hymns and a reading primer. Those books, |
| drop boulders into this chasm of intellectual darkness | | | | he declared, are the basis of a good education. |
| without ever hearing one hit bottom | | | | So, there's no separation of church and state, and |
| Speaking with certitude, people insist our Constitution | | | | Thomas Jefferson lived and supported the Christian |
| established a separation of church and state. Clueless, | | | | faith. Oliver Stone not withstanding. |
| they don't realize their claim, and their obvious | | | | But there's more! Not content with exposing their |
| self-satisfaction with stating it, simply proves they've | | | | lack of Constitutional knowledge, drivers of the |
| never read the Constitution and lack any knowledge | | | | agenda loudly parade their ignorance of history. |
| of what it says. | | | | Stroking professorial beards, they pontificate on their |
| The media often report on this "fact" of | | | | delusion that the United States was never intended |
| separation-and call it professional journalism. The | | | | to be a Christian nation. They must put aside all our |
| politically correct engage in long, earnest | | | | founding documents to pull this off, of course, but no |
| conversations based on this untruth. How can | | | | matter. |
| mature, at least chronologically, people hold so tightly | | | | Perhaps they should reconsider the safety of the |
| to an opinion so obviously false? | | | | platform from whence they hold forth since historical |
| Can you say "agenda?" | | | | records profoundly prove the falsity of their claim. |
| The writers of the Constitution clearly intended for | | | | According to the Congressional Record, the first |
| Christianity to influence the governing of this nation. | | | | session of the United States Congress started with |
| For one instance, the Constitution specifically provides | | | | several hours of Bible study and prayer. All members |
| for a Christian chaplain for each branch of Congress. | | | | participated. The practice of starting each session |
| The chaplains are paid to open every session with | | | | with prayer and Bible study continued for years. You |
| prayer and offer counsel to members of the body. | | | | could look it up. |
| Would the originators of the Constitution include a | | | | United States government buildings are chock-a-block |
| provision to perpetuate the great importance they | | | | full of Bible quotations, architectural detail and |
| attached to the Christian faith, a provision planned to | | | | statuary. Check, for one instance, the Supreme Court |
| endure throughout the life of this nation, then say | | | | building, finished in 1935, for its many references to |
| religion could have no part in our governance? | | | | the Ten Commandments. |
| A simple reading of the Constitution provides other | | | | Also, in the early days of the Republic, Christian |
| examples as well. The Constitution isn't so long that, | | | | church services were held in virtually every Federal |
| even with sounding out the words, promoters of the | | | | building in D.C. While President, Thomas Jefferson |
| separation canard couldn't read it. And if they want | | | | attended services in the House of Representatives |
| to know about the First Amendment, from whence | | | | chamber. When he decided the music needed more |
| they claim to have reaped their separation notion, | | | | energy, he ordered the Marine Band to play each |
| the Library of Congress has contemporaneous | | | | Sunday. |
| commentaries on the creation of the Bill of Rights, | | | | And President Jefferson sent missionaries to the |
| written by Gouverneur Morris, who was present | | | | Indian tribes, and provided government money to |
| throughout the process. You could look it up. | | | | build churches, so the Native Americans might enjoy |
| The "separation of church and state" phrase came | | | | more fullness of life. History says the missionaries |
| from Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Baptist | | | | were well received, and the arrangement suited |
| Sunday School Association in Danbury Connecticut. | | | | everybody involved. You could look all of this up. |
| However, the letter is not about keeping Christian | | | | So, the Constitution doesn't mention a separation of |
| influence out of government, but about the Federal | | | | church and state. History proves the United States |
| Government not interfering in the free practice of | | | | was founded as a Christian nation. And the real |
| religion. Jefferson typically didn't comment on the Bill | | | | Thomas Jefferson doesn't work out as a patron saint |
| of Rights because he, in France at the time, didn't | | | | of those who seek to remove God from this nation's |
| participate in its creation. | | | | daily life. Why do the lies continue? |
| To shed light on Thomas Jefferson's real attitude | | | | Truth is on the side of angels, not agendas. |
| toward Christianity, consider the three school | | | | |