God and the United States Constitution

This is a video response to "Atheism is Communism." It is directly pointed at the statement "Stop making things up. There is no 'separation of church and state' in the USA constitution.'"

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The United States Constitution serves as the law of the land for America and indicates the intent of our Founding Fathers. The Constitution forms a secular document, and nowhere does it appeal to God, Christianity, Jesus, or any supreme being. The U.S. government derives from people (not God), as it clearly states in the preamble: "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union...." The omission of God in the Constitution did not come out of forgetfulness, but rather out of the Founding Fathers purposeful intentions to keep government separate from religion.

Although the Constitution does not include the phrase "Separation of Church & State," neither does it say "Freedom of religion." However, the Constitution implies both in the 1st Amendment. As to our freedoms, 1st Amendment provides very exclusive wording: Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

Thomas Jefferson made an interpretation of the 1st Amendment to his January 1st, 1802 letter to the Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association calling it a "wall of separation between church and State." Madison had also written that "Strongly guarded is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States." There existed little controversy about this interpretation from our Founding Fathers.

If theist better understood the concept of separation of Church & State, they would realize that the wall of separation actually protects their religion. Our secular government allows the free expression of religion and non religion. Today, religions flourish in America; I mean after all, we have more churches than Seven-Elevens.

Although many secular and atheist groups fight for the wall of separation, this does not mean that they wish to lawfully eliminate religion from society. On the contrary, you will find no secular or atheist group attempting to ban Christianity, or any other religion from American society. Keeping religion separate allows atheists and theist alike, to practice their belief systems, regardless how ridiculous they may seem, without government intervention.
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[LambLion777]

Article 2 gives us the Sunday acceptance Clause.proves the Christianity started the Constitution, because no other religion has the Sabbath on a Sunday. This was confirmed by, Courts through out America and held as a standard by the Supreme Court. The reason for the separation of powers was because at the Convention, George Washington and Alexander Hamilton confirmed it was read out loud from the Bible Jeremiah 17 verse 9 and 10.

[Senoska]

@LambLion777 Article 2 gives us the executive branch. It doesn't explicitly say anything about a sabbath,rather, it said : If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

You're jumping to conclusions.

[amorphousguy]

Religion + Government = Abuse of Power

[numberonesurvivor75]

Christianity of the Bible demands such a separation.

[Kerberoz01]

It's funny how many Christians seem to worship and idolize the founding fathers as demi-gods whose every word is dogma. I seem to recall a commandment against that sort of thing. Well, most don't follow the other nine, either.

"There was only one Christian, and he died on the cross."

[carnypimp]

@ztztzyzy Here we go it says Amendment 1 congress shall make no law respecting the "establishment of religion' that is pretty damn clear and you can't comprehind. No God only had to do with those who believed in him not the United States. i don't hate christians just hate those who believe everyone in the country has to be one to be american. A opinion is one thing but to make it it law is very unamerican.

[ztztzyzy]

@carnypimp you mean, demotard? like you, perhaps? i am NOT republican, i hated bush and agree that gore should have sat in office. of all the states that could have a recount done, it just had to be florida where good ol' boy jeb (jeb?) was governor. "separation of church and state" is also NOT found in the constitution. if you study history, puritans (christians) landed here on the mayflower, i think God did have something to do with america BEFORE 1854, wouldn't you say?

[carnypimp]

@ztztzyzy Abraham Lincoln God had nothing do with america before 1854. The Declaration of independence was a speech not a constitutional law or agreement. You are forgiven all republitards try to make it so.

[ztztzyzy]

@carnypimp lincolin?? mind telling us who That was?? ducluration (sic)?? what's that?? please define these BEFORE commentin, wil ya?

[Itsmeeman1]

All 'contacts' written down are merely tools of deception to allow or force one human to believe it is indebted and/or enslaved to another. Be careful what you sign! Want to be free? Sign nothing! Agree to no contract! Follow no rules but your own! Scary, ehy?

[Jxtreeme1]

@scarhead1698 No morron I am saying we all are equally by that I mean the same way not that you are same as others, animals do not know that and most will kill eachother for unknown reason, and most humans do enslave animals. We are not an accident of nature or an evovled spicie we are not!!!!

[cdog4100]

@Senoska No baring . . . hardly. Though it is not law, it does have bea. But original intent is a valid interpretation of Const. And to that the Court looks towards all sorts of historical documents, declaration of Independence included.

[JonathanTheAlchemist]

@ogirv101

Notice how the first paragraph mentions the god of nature, hardly the christian god.