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Bullypulpit said:Dear lady, if the Founding Father's were such ardent Christians, why did they make no mention of a Chrisitan God in the Constitution? Why did they not establish a Christian state?
The did not do so because they had first hand experience with the horrors spawned by a government based upon religious principles. That expereince was with the Massachusett's Bay Colony, which was under Puritan rule. And while the Puritans orginally fled England in pursuit of religious freedom abroad...they did not tolerate religious freedom within their colony. The penalty for following any other religion or 'blasphemy' was death. Children of 16 years of age could be put to death for cursing or striking their parents. Similarly sons who would not heed the remonstrances of their parents could be put to death.
In essence, Puritan rule was no different from that of a theocracy. For a modern version of that we need look no further than Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
Bully there is a huge difference between moral/ religious inclusion in our government body and religious tyranny that was going on in Europe and with the Puritans here. True the founding fathers did not advocate specifically for one religion over another which was wise of them to do, they however also did not exclude religion from their decision making, nor did they intend to completely shut out religion and morals from the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. They believed that freedom itself was not something any person or country could give to another, but came specifically and naturally from our heavenly creator. Their ideas of religion and freedom were based on inclusion of all faiths not the exclusion of all faiths in favor of secularism.