Christianity and the U.S. Constitution
I read an associate press article by Richard N. Ostling about a bible textbook called ``The Bible and Its Influence.'' that is being considered for use in classrooms. The textbook attempts to take the hard road and neither ridicule the bible using scientific theories or support the bible with religious theories. It is also reported to have avoided embracing any particular denominations doctrine and is even supported by Jewish and Moslem religious organizations. If all this is true and the main message of the bible which is love other humans as you do yourself then it sounds like a good thing.
The Supreme Court will most likely have to field a case in which some conscious objector sues a public school district for violating the separation of church and state doctrine of the First Amendment to the Constitution. No such doctrine exist in the Constitution, what the First Amendment does say is that Congress should not establish a state religion and should not prevent others from practicing their own religion. It is obvious from reading the close of the Constitution that they were only speaking of different Christian denominations a fact that a certain liberal judge mentioned. Never the less if you read the Declaration of Independence you will find it is a violation of the right to liberty granted to human beings by that same Christian God to force anyone to violate their conscious by making them worship any particular deity or even no deity.
In point of fact if you actually read the documents the United States is founded on you will find that God and the bible were often mentioned and used for justification for the actions, laws, and beliefs of the legislators of early 18th and 19th Century America. Just look at Thomas Paine's Common Sense, John Locke's Second Treatises of Civil Government, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, and The Declaration of Independence. So despite the fact that the writers of the Constitution only felt it necessary to mention Jesus or God once and then only in reference to the year, but at the same time acknowledged his sovereignty over them and therefore the Constitution they voted for and the United States which is built on it.
The Supreme Court will most likely have to field a case in which some conscious objector sues a public school district for violating the separation of church and state doctrine of the First Amendment to the Constitution. No such doctrine exist in the Constitution, what the First Amendment does say is that Congress should not establish a state religion and should not prevent others from practicing their own religion. It is obvious from reading the close of the Constitution that they were only speaking of different Christian denominations a fact that a certain liberal judge mentioned. Never the less if you read the Declaration of Independence you will find it is a violation of the right to liberty granted to human beings by that same Christian God to force anyone to violate their conscious by making them worship any particular deity or even no deity.
In point of fact if you actually read the documents the United States is founded on you will find that God and the bible were often mentioned and used for justification for the actions, laws, and beliefs of the legislators of early 18th and 19th Century America. Just look at Thomas Paine's Common Sense, John Locke's Second Treatises of Civil Government, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, and The Declaration of Independence. So despite the fact that the writers of the Constitution only felt it necessary to mention Jesus or God once and then only in reference to the year, but at the same time acknowledged his sovereignty over them and therefore the Constitution they voted for and the United States which is built on it.
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