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Originally posted by Pogo142:
The founders believed in God and seperation of church and state and freedom to practice your own religion and not a state mandated one. If you notice all the quotes by Joy, which apply, those from 1600's do not apply, state they beleive in Christian principles.
They were not Fundamentalists.
The Declaration of Independence says we are endowed with certian rights by our creator. It does not mention Jesus Christ or any God in particular.
And Rocky, don't pay any attention to ferrellj, no one takes him seriously anyway, ignore him when he has nothing constructive to answer, which is most of the time.
This is TRUE...wow I agreed with Pogo! But this post along with your original is full of HALF truths...
The Founders...just like today...covered a wide variety of beliefs. And yes they certainly believed one should be free to practice the religion or lack of...freely.
But the half truth you leave out...and the original article you quoted leaves out...is that the Constitution limits the FEDERAL government.
The Founders may or may not have agreed with the TX school board...but that would be BESIDE the POINT...The Founding generation would no doubt support the TX school board...or Colbert Co or whoever to decide for themselves what text books to use and what to teach. How do I know without a doubt? Because of what they said during the Constitutional Convention...and more importantly, what was said and debated during the STATE ratifyiny conventions. Because that was THE POINT of the Constitution. The Federal Government, as understood by the Founding generation, has NO SAY in local issues.
