Hog wash. The official documents are very careful NOT to use the name Christian God .
But they sure prayed to the Christian God for guidance while deliberating and preparing those documents.
Hog wash. The official documents are very careful NOT to use the name Christian God .
I think ya'll are fighting a losing battle . The church is losing ground by the day . For a nation that claims to be Christian ,the change in laws in the last century would show otherwise .
Earl go read this article...
http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=84
The Constitution, in short, can be fairly characterized as "godless" or secular only insofar as it deferred to the states on all matters regarding religion and devotion to God.
Relationships between religion and civil government were defined in most state constitutions, and the framers believed it would be inappropriate for the federal government to encroach upon or usurp state jurisdiction in this area. State and local governments, not the federal regime, it must be emphasized, were the basic and vital political units of the day. Thus, it was fitting that the people expressed religious preferences and affiliations through state and local charters