Congress isn't a religious body, it is a LEGISLATIVE body that decided to some prayers is needed to open a GOVERNMENT session.
It is clear you have no idea what a DEIST is.
Deism: Belief in a Perfect God Who Does Not Intervene
By
Catherine Beyer
Updated on March 26, 2018
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The term
deism refers not to a specific religion but rather to a particular perspective on the nature of God. Deists believe that a single creator god does exist, but they take their evidence from reason and logic, not the revelatory acts and miracles that form the basis of faith in many organized religions. Deists hold that after the motions of the universe were set in place, God retreated and had no further interaction with the created universe or the beings within it. Deism is sometimes considered to be a reaction against
theism in its various forms—the belief in a God that does intervene in the lives of humans and with whom you can have a personal relationship.
Deists, therefore, break with followers of other major theistic religions in a number of important ways:
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In god we trust was installed in the 1950's.
There is no religious test for running for office as you should have figured that out by now since we have many religious backgrounds of people represented in government and that anyone by the protection of the first amendment can be of ANY religion.
Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence was a
DEIST who never used the language of Christians in the text.
Here is the full Preamble:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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You need to understand the concept,
Legal Dictionary
INALIENABLE RIGHTS
Personal rights held by an individual which are not bestowed by law, custom, or belief, and which cannot be taken or given away, or transferred to another person, are referred to as “inalienable rights.” The U.S.
Constitution recognized that certain universal rights cannot be taken away by
legislation, as they are beyond the control of a government, being naturally given to every individual at birth, and that these rights are retained throughout life. To explore this concept, consider the following
inalienable rights definition.
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Once again you need to accept the clear statement of the first amendment:
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."
Get it through your thick religious head, CONGRESS is a legislative body that has no power to establish religion or to prevent anyone to be religious.
America is a nation built on the Constitution a Republic.
