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I'm sorry, when did Bush ever say that God told him to bomb Iraq? And where is church and state in the Constitution? There is no such seperation therein. That sick mantra is so old and so patently false. The Constitution AND Declaration of Independence were both approved of and signed by Justice James Wilson, one of the original Supreme Court Justices, and he said this:

"It should always be remembered that law made for men or for nations flows from the same divine source: Tis the law of God. What we do indeed must be founded on what he has done and the deficiencies of our laws must be supplied by the perfection’s of His. Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. We now see the deep and the solid foundations of human law from this short but plain, but I hope, just statement of things. We perceive a principle of connection between all the learned professions, but especially between the profession of divinity and the profession of law. Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other."

Funny, that doesn't seem to support any idea of seperation of Church and State to me. :)

541 posted on 08/18/2006 11:52:58 AM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (Irrational is the person who is offended by the mention of a God that he doesn't believe exists.)
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To: TexasPatriot8

While Wilson did express a religious interpretation, the philosophy behind the construction of the constitution married many different concepts of natural law, both secular and religious. These days people like to argue about intent rather than marvel over how wise and ambiguous the design was. Separation does not exist in the document, which leaves each citizen to address the topic of how much religion they do or don't accept in their own governance. Freedom for citizen's to decide for their self is the brilliance of it.


574 posted on 08/18/2006 12:25:19 PM PDT by stacytec (Nihilism, its whats for dinner)
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