MY TENTH RESPONSE
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..."
The Free Exercise Clause has generally come to mean that one may believe anything, but that religious actions and rituals can be limited by laws that are passed for compelling government reasons. A law passed that is aimed at a particular religion or religions in general have been considered unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Laws must be neutral in regard to religions.
LOOK YOU IDIOT. ITS ILLEGAL TO PROHIBIT THE FREE EXERCISE OF ANY RELIGION., IF THEY MEANT ONLY CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS THEN TOO BAD AS ITS A LEGAL DOCUEMNT,.
More name calling. Talk about classless. I guess if I were getting routed in a debate I'd resort to name calling an bomb throwing, but then again, I won't lose this debate since I bring facts to the table and you address none of mine. Also, during this email I will present numbered facts and challenges to you to answer. If you fail to do so, I will accept your total surrender on this topic.
FACT 1-Israel had a theocracy, meaning 'theos' for God, and 'kratos' for ruler-meaning God is the ruler of the nation. Israel recognized God as it's supreme ruler, and all authority derived from him, but government functions were separated from religious functions; the kings came from the tribe of Judah while the priests came from the tribe of Levi. America is also a nation of two kingdoms, church and state. The country claims to be 'one nation under God'. The church and state have separate spheres of authority, but both derive authority from God. America is also like Israel, a theocracy. The two kingdom concept is recognized in the first amendment which you quoted. In recent years, liberals in the court have misinterpreted the first amendment and required government to maintain an hostile indifference to Christianity. Joseph Story, a Supreme Court Justice in 1833 wrote 'at the time of the adoption of the constitution, and the amendment to it now under consideration, the universal sentiment was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state.
FURTHER MORE YOU ARE TOTAYLY WHACKED. A LEGAL DOCUMENT DEFINES WHAT IS ALLOWED AND NOT. NOT WHAT YOU THINK THEY MEANT.
You are correct, and the legal documents state that we are a Christian Nation. FACT 2-the Declaration of Independence was adapted from the Mecklenburg Declaration, which declared many similarities and was send by special messenger to the Continental Congress with identical language used. A quote from it, 'We here by declare ourselves a free and independent people, a sovereign and self-governing association, under control of no power other than that of our God and the general government of congress. 95 percent of the Founding Fathers were Christian. Of all the writings, the bible was the source most quoted by the Founding Fathers, 34 percent. And on the contrary, if the Founding Fathers didn't want us to be a Christian State, the would have put it in the Constitution, which they didn't!
SHEESH....
READ A BOOK.
You should know by the sound thrashing you are receiving that I have read many books. Can I borrow your Dr. Suess Collection?
AND LOOK UP THE IDEA OF AN ANALOGY WHILE YOU ARE AT IT
Why you are hung up on this I have no idea, kind of like your hung up on the Buddhism thing.
KEEPING AN OPEN MIND DOESNT MEAN I DONT HAVE STANDARDS. IF YOU APPROACH ME WITH SOME NUTTY IDEA LIKE THERE IS SOME RELIGIOUS CABAL THAT PLANS TO TAKE OVER THEW WORLD, I WANT HARD EVIDENCE. NOT REAMS AND REAMS OF YOUR OPINIONS. AND I WON'T WASTE TIME DEBATING YOU ON SUCH AN EVIL IDEA UNLESS YOU HAVE HARD EVIDENCE.
Huh. Another one of your off the wall and out of the blue theories which have nothing to do with this debate.
SAME HERE, AS I THINK ITS GREAT THAT AMERICA IS A TOLERANT AND OPEN NATION. I THINK YOUR KIND IS ANATHEMA TO FREE THOUGHT AND DEMOCRACY IN GENERAL
Free thought and atheism was frowned upon during American's history. For example FACT 3-1831 court case a witness was called up in New York state and declared that he did not believe in God or immortality of the soul. The judge refused to admit his evidence, on the grounds that he had destroyed all confidence of the court in what he was going to say. Atheism was frowned upon by our Founding Fathers also, FACT 4-Benjamin Franklin wrote 'Serious religion, under it's various denominations (See, a founding father is talking about religion, and he means denominations! of the one true religion) is not only tolerated, but respected and practiced. Atheism is unknown there; Infidelity rare and secret so that persons may live without having their piety shocked by meeting with an Atheist or an Infidel.
YOU LOST. LOLO
If I lost, then the Germans won World War 2.
WHATS SO NICE IS THAT YOU ADMIT IT.
Nope. Another famous tactic by you, lying.
LWETS SUMMARIZE YOUER SO CALLED "POSITION" A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT MOSTLY HAVE CHARACTERSITIC "X" CREATE A CHARTER. SO WHETHER "X" IS CLEALRY DELINEATED IN THE CHARTER OR NOT, WE CAN ASSUME IT IS
YES! Because the Founding Fathers were overwhelmingly CHRISTIAN! You will have to show me where they didn't intend for us to be a Christian State!
WHO BOY WE DONT HAVE A LIVE ONE
And an educated one.
COUNTER EXAMPLES ARE PLENTY... A GROUP OF CRIMINALS MAY CREATE A NEW SOCIETY AND WANT TO TURN THE LEAF. THEY ONT MENTION CRIMES IN THERE NEW CHARTER BUT YOU, IN YOUR SELF PROCLAIMED WISDOM WINK AT THE AUDIENCE AND DELCARE THAT SINCE MOST WERE CRIMINAL THEN THERE NEW SOCIRITY MUST BE TOO.
I'd have to look at their charter and their writings to know what they intended, which if you apply that principle to the Founding Fathers, you realize 100 percent, we are, and were founded a Christian Nation. A group of Criminals? Are you talking about Hillary Clinton and the Liberal Courts today trying to create a new, non moral society?
LISTEN UP DIMWIT.. ITS A LEGAL DOCUEMTN AND IF THERY DIDNT METNION"X: THEN YOU CAN ARGUE UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE BUT "X" IS NOT THERE....YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE
X is there. I have stated it 2 times and can do more in the Constitution alone, not to mention hundreds of other letters and writings. FACT 5 and FACT 6-Just one of many examples of the Constitution written with a Christian foundation is the fifth and fourteenth amendment, regarding property rights. "Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation" compared to Exodus 20:15,17-"Thou shalt not steal" and "Thou shalt not covet" clearly imply property rights.Another reference that God was in our Founding Fathers hearts and minds when they penned the Constitution? ok. Here you go. Try to respond to this one. Article 3 of the Constitution Section 3 Paragraph 1 'No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt act. Compared to Scripture 'At the mouth of two witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death' Deut. 17:6.
AS I SAID.. YOU LOST. GOD IS NOT MEN TIONED AND YOU ARE REVISIONSIST AND WANT IT TO BE THERE.
Read the above and address my facts, if you dare!
TAKE OFF YOU HOSER
WHATS RTEALLY SAD ABOUT YOUR "POSITION" THAT IF WE ACCEPTED IT THEN EVERY LEGAL CONTRACT IN THE WORLD WOULD BE NULL AND VOID.. PEOPLE COULD FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THE CLEAR WORDING OF ANY CONTRACT AND BEND IT TO ANY POSITION THEY WANT. IN WANTING TO CREATE A JUST SOCIETY YOU HAVE DOOMED ONE FROM THE START
Which is exactly what has happened. The liberal Courts have bended the meaning of our Constitution to mean anti Christian and anti God.
WHY IS IT THAT NUTS LIKE YOU ALWAYS FOLLOW FROM THE SAME SCRIPT? IF YOU BELIEVE IN BIG FOOT FINE... DONT EXPECT ANY SYMPATY FROM ME IF YOU CANT FIND ANY HARD EVIDENCE. AND I DONT CARE IF YOU WANT TO BEND THE RULES OF LOGIC FOR YOUR FIXED IDEA.
Logic? Can you give me some examples of what our founding fathers intended in their writings for our Country to be. Why don't you choose four or five Founding Fathers and give me some of their writings that say they wanted our country to be anything but Christian. CHALLENGE 1!
SAME HERE... IF YOU THINK "X" IS IN A CONTRACT THEN FIND IT.. DONT CLAIM CRIMIANAL BEHAVOIR OR CHEATING ON WIVES OR CHRISTIANITY IS CLAIMED WHEN 1) ITS NOT MENTIONED EXPLICITY AND 2) YOU CLAIM YOU "KNOW" THAT MOST OF THE SIGNERS SUBSCRIBED TO ONE OR MOPRE OF THE THINGS ABOVE.
i MAY AS WELL CALIM THE FOUNDERS WERE REALLY ALL WIFE CHEATERS AND THE NATION WAS FOUNDED ON SUCH JUST BECAUSE I CAN SHOW MANY WERE.
Then show me! Prove it for a change. CHALLENGE 2!!!
LEARN ABOUT CONTRACTS DUDE.
How about this contract......The constitution of the United States Article 1 Section 7 Paragraph 2 :If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days(Sundays excepted)..hmm..sounds like they were Christian and it's in the Constitution! or how About this contract-FACT 7 The Constitution of Delaware 1776 Article XXII-Every person who shall be chosen a member of either house shall make the following declaration, "I (NAME) do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, one holy scriptures of the Old and New testament to be given by divine inspiration. Many such states had contracts like this. CONTRACTS!
IF IT AINT IN THERE... AM SCRAY
Christopher Columbus was a Christian and his purpose was to spread the Christian word and discover new lands and start them Christian.
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