To: inquest
Well I am very glad you can find the wording of the Declaration of Independence....
However, they needed to be praying. They were taking on the foremost military power in the world at the time. They NEEDED all the help they could get, and they got it obviously.
Still doesnt mean our government was founded on God. We are a Constitutional Republic, not a Theocracy.
41 posted on
09/12/2004 1:18:44 PM PDT by
MikefromOhio
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To: MikeinIraq
Read the excerpt again. They weren't asking for help. They were seeking validation for their action in founding the new nation - and they made it clear that they were speaking for the entire country in the process. You just can't get much more explicit than that.
42 posted on
09/12/2004 1:42:07 PM PDT by
inquest
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