Originally posted by Crakeur
we are a nation founded on seperation of church and state and yet god watching over us is tossed in there and for as long as I can remember, every
president ends his speeches with "god bless america."
that always makes me laugh.
The United States of America was not founded on the concept of "separation of church and state," nor does that phrase occur
anywhere within
the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, or Bill of Rights. It is a contrived statement, God figures quite prominently in
those documents, and pervades the expanse of our government. The framers of the Constitution meant only to dissuade the establishment of a "state
religion," the course from the First Amendment to where we are now is a pothole filled winding road fraught with bad intent... From both sides of the
subject.
A great site for the Constitution, and more specifically this subject:
www.usconstitution.net...
As a footnote, I'm not a Christian, yet I don't find the word "God" used in the Judeo-Christian context offensive.