It was simple. Those groups knew that when the
constitution is strictly held to, this goes against much of what these
organizations stand for. They don't want the constitution that the Founders put
in place because they know that America was founded upon the Christian religion.
This means there is a direct connection between God and government. Is that
taught in textbooks? Of course not. The ACLU (Anti-Christian Liberties Union?),
the People for the American Way, and other groups that base their entire lives
on a non-existent
"separation of church and state" have done everything
they can to make sure the textbooks ignore the original intent
of the
Founders.
The recent court case where a court said the Pledge
of Allegiance crosses the line of separation of church and state is a perfect
example of where this country is going. Now the same atheist that was
involved in that court proceeding is preparing to go back to the same court and
demand the removal of "In God We Trust" from everything, including our
currency. This is not going to stop because for the past 60 years, courts
have been revising the original intent of the Founders of America.
The ACLU and atheist courts are doing everything they
can to destroy the Christian foundation of America. The stories abound
everyday how the ACLU is in court fighting to keep the name "God" out of
everything. These are the same group of folks that want to make sure
nobody calls Christmas, Christmas. A Christmas tree? No way, call it
a "holiday tree". A Christmas holiday break? Nope, call it a "winter
break". They are scared to death of the name "Christ". These are the same
people that believe the Ten Commandments are "harmful" to school children
and don't want a dollar bill to say "In God We Trust." They also want
to make sure that every person has access to kiddy porn on the internet, but
if a kid wears a t-shirt to school with the name "Jesus" on it, the ACLU
with threaten a lawsuit. I would suggest to the ACLU, the People for the
American Way, and these other groups that want to take away the civil liberties
of Christians...If you don't like the foundation and moral principles that
America was founded on, get out! Maybe book a ticket to Afghanistan.
I hear they have some empty caves for rent at a decent price.
But in all reality, these groups are not going
anywhere. It's very similar to when one woman was responsible for getting
all prayer thrown out of school. My question is, who's fault was
that? How did one atheist have the power to persuade the Supreme Court to
throw prayer out of public schools? I would suggest the main group of
people to blame for this was those that called themselves Christians.
If Christians do not take the time to learn about the
true foundation of America, and if they do not take the time to fight back when
wrong court decisions are made, then they have absolutely no justification for
getting upset about anything. This is especially true for parents that
have children in public schools. If you think the schools are going to
teach the true history of this country, better think again. Even some of
the largest well know universities don't tell their own students the true
history of their own university. Also, keep in mind that every time you
see the word "religion" used, the Founders of America and other writers from
that time used the word "religion" to always mean Christianity, no other
belief. Case in point?
Harvard
The rules of Harvard in 1636
stated:
Let every student be plainly
instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well the main end of his life and
studies is to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life (John 17:3) and
therefore to lay Christ in the bottom as the only foundation of all sound
knowledge and learning. And seeing the Lord only giveth wisdom, let every
one seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of Him (Prov 2,
3). Each one shall exercise himself in reading the Scriptures twice a day
that he shall be ready to give such an account of his proficiency
therein. (Benjamin Pierce, A History of Harvard University,
1833)
And from Harvard's rules of
1790:
All persons of what degree
forever residing at the College, and all undergraduates...shall constantly and
seasonably attend the worship of God in the chapel, morning and evening...All
the scholars shall, at sunset in the evening preceding the Lord's Day, lay aside
all their diversions and...it is enjoined upon every scholar carefully to apply
himself to the duties of religion on said day. (The Laws of Harvard
College, 1790)
The 2 school mottos of Harvard?
"For Christ and the Church" and
"For the Glory of Christ" (The Harvard Graduates Magazine,
1933)
Harvard is only one small example of the
well known universities that were founded upon the beliefs and teachings of
Christianity. Other large universities were: Yale, Williams and Mary,
Princeton, and Dartmouth. Yale was founded by 10 Christian ministers;
Williams and Mary was founded in part by a Christian minister; Princeton was
founded by the Presbyterians and had a minister as its first president; and
Dartmouth was founded by a Christian minister.
Obviously I am only able to touch on a few
topics here, but let me end by addressing the assertion that the Founders of
America were atheists.
The two most common arguments set forth is that we
cannot know the Founders original intent so we must interpret it how we see fit;
and the Founders were not Christians but were instead
Deists. Firstly,
we
can
know the original intent of these men and it
doesn�t take a rocket scientist to do it. We can study not only their official
government documents, but also read texts of their speeches, personal letters,
and even their last will and testaments. Secondly, the meaning of the word
�Deist� can be deceiving. To be a Deist usually means that one believes in God,
but the God of Deism doesn�t perform miracles and doesn�t intervene personally
in the world. A Deist believes that God created the world and then walked away
from it, similar to a person that winds up a big clock and then just walks away
from it. Using this definition of a Deist, there were a
few
Founders that would fit this category. The problem with using the term Deist is
that many dictionaries equate Deism with Atheism or Agnosticism. None of the
Founders fit this description.
There are always a few names thrown around when
people claim that the Founders were anti-God. Usually the first names to be
mentioned are Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin and even George Washington. Did
Paine believe in God? Notice his words in
The
Study of God.
Paine states that it is the error of schools to teach
sciences without reference to the Being who is author of them; for all the
principles of science are of Divine origin. Paine also states that the evil that
has resulted from the error of the schools in teaching science without God has
been that of generating in the pupils a species of atheism. Sure doesn�t sound
like Thomas Paine was an atheist.
What about Franklin? Franklin,
in his
education plan for public schools in Pennsylvania in 1749, stated that public
schools teach
the necessity of a public religion and the
excellency of the Christian religion above all others. Doesn�t sound
like Ben was an atheist.
And what of George Washington? Washington gave a
speech
on May 12, 1779, where he said that what children needed to
learn
above all was the religion of Jesus Christ.
George doesn�t sound like an atheist.
Critics of the Bible do not want textbooks to convey
the truth. How many times have we heard someone say the moral character of a
president or politician doesn�t matter? How many times have we heard someone
talk about the separation of church and state? This is what I find odd when a
group calls themselves the
People for the American Way, yet they want
no part of the foundation of America. Every time I hear someone invoke the
separation of church and state, I wonder if they are aware that phrase is
nowhere to be found in the First Amendment. It is
nowhere to
be found anywhere in Americas original documents. The phrase "separation of
church and state" was taken from a
personal letter that Jefferson wrote
to the Dansbury Baptists and Jefferson had absolutely no intention of there
being a separation of Christianity and government. Will school children be
taught this? Of course not.
Americans will never be taught the true meaning of
the First Amendment because when you read the Founders writings, you see why
they wrote the First Amendment and what their meaning of it was. They made it
clear the First Amendment was put in place to make sure there was never an
establishment of a national
denomination of Christianity by the
federal government.
This meant that the Founders wouldn�t
force all the country to be Baptists, or any other denomination of
Christianity. Do you ever hear this in the media? Never!
While the ACLU and other groups fight everyday to
make sure there is freedom
from religion, they ignore the
Founders own words when Americas original documents say there should be freedom
of religion.
