america's founding fathers
On February 21, 1787, the Continental Congress resolved that:
...it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...
The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but many didn't accept or couldn't attend. Those who didn't attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Sam Adams, and John Hancock. A total of 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution.
Liberals are fond of saying lots of things that aren't true (that's why we call them "liberal lies"), but probably the most insanely bogus belief of the modern liberal is the whole fairy tale about "separation of church and state." I have hammered on that particular liberal lie many times on this site, but I think it's time to delve deeper into the subject.
My intention here is to look at the thoughts, beliefs and writings of the signers to see just exactly what they thought about the relationship between religion (specifically Christianity) and government. History is crystal clear on the subject. I'm quite certain that you won't have any difficulty at all (unless you are afflicted with the cancer of liberalism) discerning the truth.
Let's start with Roger Sherman of Connecticut. Sherman helped write the Declaration of Independence, and he signed both the Declaration and the Constitution. After ratification of the Constitution, Sherman served in both houses of Congress from 1789-1793. He wrote this personal creed that was adopted by his church:
“I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a revelation from God and a complete rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him, for the first man’s sin and as they all became sinners in consequence of his first transgression, are liable to all the miseries of this life, to death and to the pains of hell forever. I believe that God did send his own Son to become man, die in the room instead of sinners and thus to lay a foundation for the offer of pardon and salvation to all mankind, that at the end of this world there will be a resurrection of the dead and a final judgment of all mankind when the righteous shall be publicly acquitted by Christ the judge and admitted to everlasting life and glory and the wicked be sentenced to everlasting punishment.”
On July 21, 1789, on the same day that it approved the Establishment Clause concerning religion, the First Congress of the United States also passed the Northwest Ordinance. Roger Sherman voted in favor of the ordinance, which stated, in one of its clauses:
Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.
On September 25, 1789, that same Congress voted unanimously to ask President Washington to proclaim a National Day of Thanksgiving for the people of the United States by declaring "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peacably to establish a constitution of government for their safety and happiness." Obviously, Sherman voted for that resolution. Does it sound like he believed in the modern liberal fairy tale about "separation of church and state?"
...it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...
The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but many didn't accept or couldn't attend. Those who didn't attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Sam Adams, and John Hancock. A total of 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution.
Liberals are fond of saying lots of things that aren't true (that's why we call them "liberal lies"), but probably the most insanely bogus belief of the modern liberal is the whole fairy tale about "separation of church and state." I have hammered on that particular liberal lie many times on this site, but I think it's time to delve deeper into the subject.
My intention here is to look at the thoughts, beliefs and writings of the signers to see just exactly what they thought about the relationship between religion (specifically Christianity) and government. History is crystal clear on the subject. I'm quite certain that you won't have any difficulty at all (unless you are afflicted with the cancer of liberalism) discerning the truth.
Let's start with Roger Sherman of Connecticut. Sherman helped write the Declaration of Independence, and he signed both the Declaration and the Constitution. After ratification of the Constitution, Sherman served in both houses of Congress from 1789-1793. He wrote this personal creed that was adopted by his church:
“I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a revelation from God and a complete rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him, for the first man’s sin and as they all became sinners in consequence of his first transgression, are liable to all the miseries of this life, to death and to the pains of hell forever. I believe that God did send his own Son to become man, die in the room instead of sinners and thus to lay a foundation for the offer of pardon and salvation to all mankind, that at the end of this world there will be a resurrection of the dead and a final judgment of all mankind when the righteous shall be publicly acquitted by Christ the judge and admitted to everlasting life and glory and the wicked be sentenced to everlasting punishment.”
On July 21, 1789, on the same day that it approved the Establishment Clause concerning religion, the First Congress of the United States also passed the Northwest Ordinance. Roger Sherman voted in favor of the ordinance, which stated, in one of its clauses:
Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.
On September 25, 1789, that same Congress voted unanimously to ask President Washington to proclaim a National Day of Thanksgiving for the people of the United States by declaring "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peacably to establish a constitution of government for their safety and happiness." Obviously, Sherman voted for that resolution. Does it sound like he believed in the modern liberal fairy tale about "separation of church and state?"
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