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[RhondaH]

@ThePhantom135 Exactly and George Washington and others signed it.

[ThePhantom135]

"The Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." --Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11, 1796--

[YaleBreaker]

@policeexplorer326 a) non-religion and witchcraft have nothing to do with one another.

b) Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and very possibly more of the Founding Fathers were secularists. Some weren't Christian.

c) Freedom of speech plus right to assembly equals allowance for non-religion.

[yomamasapeach]

@policeexplorer326 I have shown you tect from the constitution and the people who have written it and you have furthermore disregarded them for your own belief that the constitution was written on the basis of christianity because the constitution recognizes any religion but does not base the law of the land on the laws of christianity. That would be like an example of saudi arabia, theocratical government which is not the U.S foundation but democracy and liberty are.

[policeexplorer326]

@yomamasapeach ...this matter and spend the amount of time vested in the historical texts as existent in the national Archives, as i have, you have not the credentials to comment any further, as all you can offer the debate is that of your own biased perspective, and opinionated interpretation of the Constitution.

[policeexplorer326]

@yomamasapeach Furthermore, official NARA documentation of the Feb. 16, 1774, i believe, it is decided under the persuasion of Morris that the lack of belief in any religion will not be recognized in the Constitution, as, during that time, it was often associated with witchcraft. It is unclear whether they deemed witchcraft or nonreligion as being a threat to the establishment of any religion, but it is salient they closely correlated the two. Until you do proper research in....

[policeexplorer326]

@yomamasapeach Just because Christianity is not the only religion, does not mean the Constitution was not based on Christianity. You have no historical data to back what you say. It is salient in the Constitution that it gives us the right to choose what religion we affiliate ourselves with. No where does it say we may not be affiliated with one. During the time the Constitution was written, many were imprisoned for being "indifferent" to religion.

[yomamasapeach]

@policeexplorer326 Yet we are on the debate that the constitution is based on christianity and as we see, christianity is not the only religion and just because the rights say we can practise religion, doesn't mean that you lose them when you don't have one, but they simply don't apply. If you have no religion then you don't practise and the constitution protects you from persecution of your practise. Your argument is wrong in all context. Yet the gov't has no say in religion, vice versa.

[policeexplorer326]

@yomamasapeach In Philadelphia, Feb. 16, i believe. Things will become clearer for you. The free exercise thereof means the right to exercise/advocate for/ and choose ones own religion. Note it does not include the right to NOT to have a religion. The Constituional philosophy that is the Seperation of Church and State as you apply it in this debate, is entirely irrelevant as this was done to protect the free exercise of religion, not the free exercise of not having one

[policeexplorer326]

@yomamasapeach Again, you are confusing historical fact. The Constitution only recognizes religion. Gouverneur Morris made that clear to Adams before he allowed it to be drafted. You're right, the constitution does allow freedom of religion (notice it doesnt say freedom not to have one) and prohibits the national establishment thereof. Go to the National Archives. Find Jefferson's recording of Gouverneur Morris' address to the Founding fAthers....