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Constitution & Religion Background
All of this nation's founding fathers believed in a "higher power" but they did
not necessarily believe that any particular "church" or "priest" or "minister"
could authoritatively speak for that "higher power". As well educated men they
knew how much violence in Europe and the East was due to state sponsored
religion.
Although the Declaration of Independence mentions "the Creator" it says that
individuals derive their rights directly from the Creator and subsequently the
individuals consent to give certain powers to a "government" in order to secure
those rights. This was a radical departure from all other governments in the
world at that time which were based on the concept that God ordained the King as
Sovereign over his subjects.
When the Constitution was written it stated that "no religious test" would be
required for public office. The first amendment stated that Congress shall not
establish a religion nor prohibit the free exercise of religion.
People like Pat Robertson debase the concept upon which this country was founded
and erroneously say that it was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and the
law as stated in the Bible. While most early Americans were Christians of some
form or another and many found excuses for slavery in the Bible, the federal
constitution tried to remain neutral on religion.
Of course it took a major war to get rid of legal slavery in some states and a
hundred years of political wrangling to get some level of equal rights in the
others. The fight is not over nor could it ever be, but the Declaration of
Independence as the founding document was a unique departure from the previous
ten thousand years of political history.