“Separation of Church and State?”

The last 20 years has seen the above statement use more and more to justify the removal of any mention of a Christian theme, symbol or statement from public view, and hopefully from the hearts and minds of American’s as a whole.  It is claimed that it is “Unconstitutional” to for politicians, judges, or any public official to espouse or display a belief in Jesus Christ or the Holy Trinity, or to include any religious phrases, quotes from the Holy Bible, with anything coming from the government.  Christian prayers are being banned from public events, and Christians are being singled out as the blame for all the ‘problems’ of intolerance and similar attitudes, facing the United States of America.  The U.S. Supreme Court has gotten into the act of banning Christian displays in public, such as prayers at public schools and school functions, sporting events or Christian theme displays or symbolism on public and governmental facilities.  The Supreme Court judges cite the “Separation of Church and State” as being the reason for the bans.  But the truly ironic part of the whole thing is that there is no such statement in the U.S. Constitution nor the Bill of Rights, and furthermore, it is the Holy Bible’s Old Testament that documents the creation of position of ‘judge’ per God!  In Exodus, chapter 18, Moses was admonished to select several “God-fearing, able and honest men”, to which he would teach the laws and statues to, so that they may sit in judgment over the everyday disputes of the Jews who had left Egypt with Moses.  So the judges, who are trying to remove God and Christianity from America, owe their job and power to the very thing they are trying to purge from our society! 

Many try to say the 1^st Amendment of the Bill of Rights is the source of the statement, due to the prohibition for government to designate an ‘official state church’.  Here is the 1^st Amendment as it appears in the Bill of Rights

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

The first part of the 1^st Amendment essentially states that the government is prohibited from passing a law to ‘establish’ a religion.  This was included due to the fact that the first settlers in this country were religious/political refugees from England.  They left England to come to this country primarily to worship in a Judean-Christian fashion in accorded to their understanding of the Holy Bible.  There were no Muslims, Buddhist, Hindus, Jainist or any other religious group here, other than the American Indians.  And it was these men, who for the most part, that held a deep and sacred trust in Judean-Christian beliefs that were the leaders of the settlements, which eventually turned into villages, then towns, and ultimately, grew to be cities.  Our Universities and Schools founded during the time before and during the birth of our nation, all had Judean-Christian foundations, and all had strongly religious teachers, professors and administrators that openly professed their religious beliefs.  The fact is that in the first census taken, 98% of the country identified itself as being Christian.  Thus, when the Bill of Rights was finally drafted, the 1^st Amendment was written, not as a restriction of public demonstration of religious belief by those in government or government institutions, but rather as a guarantee of protection for public demonstration of Judean-Christian beliefs by all citizens of this country, including those in government offices!  Now it doesn’t specifically say “Judean-Christian”, but one must remember that Judean-Christian and Judaism were the only religions considered legitimate religions.  The other religions of the world such as Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and the others were considered to be pagans and heathens, so protecting their freedom to practice religion was not what was meant by “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”, but rather the freedom to be a Catholic or Protestant (including the Fundamentalists sub-sects such as Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, or similar Christian denominations).  It would make no sense for the founding fathers to try and protect the rights of those who practice something that most of them considered to be an abomination.  Thus the contention on the part of the Supreme Court justices and ACLU that anything that has a Judean-Christian theme – prayers, quotes, or beliefs are strictly prohibited from being displayed in public or on publicly own land or governmental buildings or institutes is diametrically opposed to the original intent of the 1^st Amendment and its drafters, particularly the second part of the 1^st Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”  Call me crazy, but isn’t  the Supreme Court’s orders to ban prayers from being said publically at a High School Football games or for prayers over a intercom in public schools, or to remove a religious symbol from a cities coat of arms (flag), in direct violation of the 1^st Amendment of the Bill of Rights, as it is prohibiting the free exercise of religious expression.  Attempts to and/or the prohibition of public prayers at a school events, and at the beginning of a school days, and nativity scenes on a courthouse lawn or school grounds, or the phrase, “In God we Trust” on our money, all are said to violate the 1^st Amendment, but not a single one of these examples are ‘laws’ that force anyone to comply with any religious belief system.  All these things do is acknowledge the fact that the founders of the town, city, and yes, even our country subscribed to the Judean-Christian belief, and that fact is inescapable. To ask children to show respect for prayers being uttered, is not forcing a belief system on them, but merely teaching them manners.  At the same time, the 1^st Amendment does not say that Islam, Hinduism or any other religion is due equal time for prayer, if Judean-Christian prayers are spoken.  Remember, to the founding fathers of this country, anything non-Christian would have been considered pagan and not tolerated!  And it is not the right or the duty of the U.S. Supreme Court to re-write the Constitution as its judges see fit!!!  The fact is, one of the most unconstitutional entities at this time, is the U.S. Supreme Court and its attempt to legislate from the bench and circumvent Congress, and in a sense force it own religion of ‘Human Secularism’, on the American citizens.  And ‘Human Secularism’ is as much a religion as any other religion, in that it’s highest authority, instead of being a supreme being, is government itself, including the Supreme Courts.

Return to Home Page