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The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" The two parts, known as the "establishment clause" and the "free exercise clause" respectively, form the textual basis for the Supreme Court's interpretations ...
The words of the Tennessee governor:
“Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate,” Haslam wrote. “However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our Constitution prohibits.”
Yep those sorry mofo evil religious Puritans.
You keep quoting what was written...as if what is written means that is how things actually went down.
Words mean squat...deeds are what count.
As far as the Government and Religion...the 1st Amendment has been less effective than the 18th was.
Just because you write it...doesn't mean that is how it really is.
All I care about is how it is saving us today from religion dictating politics and schools.
Step into the future...not need to argue about the past.
On this...I fully agree.
I only mention it when people laud those guys that caused the problem in the first place.
Luckily...their diversionary writing can now be used to undo what they did.
The Government should be COMPLETELY religion-free...not a speck. Not even so much as a mention.
And the tax-code applies across-the-board. Only the charitable part of a Religious operation should slide on taxation.
It has to be the King James version because that is the version that was used by the apostles Peter and Paul.
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Originally Posted by Rafius
Huh! What the ....!!??!!
I realize that you 'got it' when told but that little bit of humor is a fairly common one.
Actually, the story goes that a mature-aged and devout KJV Bible Christian woman was debating with her pastor as to which version of the Bible was the most authentic. The pastor argued that the more modern, easier to read and to understand versions of the Bible were the better ones for the average reader. The woman became quite irate. She said sternly, "Young man ...if the King James Version was good enough for Jesus then it's good enough for me!" Then, as the story goes, she stormed off.
It has to be the King James version because that is the version that was used by the apostles Peter and Paul.
Nice one, but you see that there is nothing you say that is so hilarious that it is impossible for it to be a firmly held belief by some Christians. It could well be the KJV that is regarded by Tennesee as the only valid version of the Bible in existence, the ones in Greek from which it was translated being Satanic mockeries.
It is no more absurd that the claim I had put to me by a catholic that I was guilty of Jesus' crucifixion by not believing. Using the 'prove me wrong' get -out it can be argued that Peter and Paul by Inspiration, used the KJV which they translated into Greek in their heads.
When you just just make up anything and use magic, anything works.
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Originally Posted by GldnRule
"Our forefathers" is why this Country is so Religiously oriented.
The Indigenous People were not at all Religious...so, guess how it got to be that way?!
We sent all our fanatics over there, and brought old Rowley back.
I continue to be amazed at the ignorance and hatred of some people.
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