The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. ... But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with all this artificial scaffolding....~ Thomas Jefferson
Dear
Seawytch
Jefferson was a DEIST, he edited and produced his own edition of the Bible
that kept all of Jesus teaching but removed references to mystical, miraculous or otherwise mythical sounding passages.
He believed in the Natural Law approach to God, or Nature's God.
My boyfriend also believes in God but isn't a Christian believer
but RESPECTS Christians. Jefferson did also and wrote the
original letter coining the term "wall of separation" between church and state
in DEFENSE of Baptists whose practice was deemed in conflict with local laws.
You are free to apply "free exercise of religion" to INCLUDE and DEFEND
equal beliefs and representation for nontheists, atheists, etc.
but even if Jefferson were opposed to mythical teachings or idolism of Jesus as deified,
that doesn't mean Govt can be abused to exclude Christians
or to justify harassing, judging or condemning Christian beliefs.
The Constitution itself was written after the leaders PRAYED TO GOD
in unity for the wisdom and words to put those principles in writing for
the sake of posterity.
These were Deists, and included Christians including
Quakers who were fundamental in establishing religious freedom
and later in abolishing slavery on moral grounds.
A lot of that groundwork is credited to Christians on both left and right.
Shame on you if you don't recognize this
but seek to twist things around for your own convenience
to tear down the work of Christians who built this country.
Including Quaker Christians who were instrumental in
abolishing slavery.
Sorry if you are jealous or fearful that such Christians
have more ability to invoke authority of law because of
faith in Christ.
I have also found this faith in Christ to be the difference
in why some people are able to empower themselves to
have equal authority to enforce laws and principles of govt,
while those like you who reject and refuse this authority
are left struggling with feeling oppressed by others with more power.
That's part of the reason why.
The people I've found who either embrace/embody the
spirit of Christian laws or the spirit of Constitutional laws
BY CONSCIENCE become one with these laws
and are thus able to invoke and enforce laws directly
instead of depending on people in govt to do that for them.
Until more liberals and Democrats start embracing
and invoking the same authority of laws by the Constitution
that Conservatives and Christians do, that's part of the reason
people are not equally empowered or represented.
So instead of you shunning, discrediting, demonizing
or downplaying this source of authority of the laws,
maybe you should try acknowledging and taking on
responsibility for the laws as Christians and Constitutionalists
do. It's amazing the difference it makes. Instead of feeling
like a powerless victim all the time, accepting equal responsibility
for living by and enforcing the laws makes people equal as government.
That's what I have found by experience
and I hope more liberals catch on to this
and start empowering the whole party to take charge
instead of whining like a bunch of victims
depending on other people to run govt for us!
