My point was that saying “God” is not a Religion. The religious test was meant for Catholics, Protestants, Jews, (religions), not so-called religions like Atheism, wiccan, Satanism, etc. They were rejected and Founders thought they were mentally ill. They used to not recognize such degenerate practices—since Justice is a Virtue and Just Laws can never constitutionally promote Vice.
Degenerates-—any person who showed lack of character (no Judeo-Christian Ethics)—was not supposed to hold office, either. Founders knew that character matters and degenerates breed degeneracy and corruption.
Everyone since Socrates, knew that all Virtues are connected. If you are deficient in one area—you will be deficient in the other virtues. Just soceties have to promote public Virtue. (Montesquieu and Founders and Aristotle and Cicero and Locke and Blackstone).
We have God-given Rights—although Barney Frank thinks they come from Satan.
Hitler’s “Rule of Man”-—is not “Rule of Law” which has to have God. Even Cicero stated that there are higher laws (Universal Truths) than man-made up laws—arbitrary laws. Arbitrary laws are always unjust (unconstitutional).
We do not force anyone to hold office-—if they don’t want to uphold our God-Given Rights in office-—then they should NOT be allowed to hold office __like for 200 years in this country.
Saying “God” is not a “religious” test-—it is a recognition of the principle of our Rule of Law-—which is Fact.
So, according to you, when the Constitution says that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office," that means that only Catholics, Protestants and Jews can hold federal office?
What other religions are banned from holding office? Buddhists? Hindus? Moslems? Scientologists? Unitarians? Jehovah's Witnesses? Christian Scientists? Mormons?
And who gets to decide?