[PieterCasparzen]

That sounds very much like respecting an establishment of religion.

Yes, it is. That is what the Bible commands (see my quote from Psalm 22). If you read up on the Scottish Covenanters, you'll see what I mean by national covenanting.

Enlightenment thinking is secular humanism, which is a rejection of God.

The financial elites and the intellectuals they financed of the "Enlightenment" era sought to be a god unto themselves. The writers of the Constitution were influenced much more by "Enlightenment" thinking than the Bible, accordingly, the only reference to God in the Constitution is one that is implied in the recording of the date, "in the year of our Lord". It says "We the People" - nothing of the nation acknowledging Christ. Very secular humanist.

[tacticalogic]

Yes, it is. That is what the Bible commands

It is also what the Constitution explicitly prohibits Congress from doing.

[ConservingFreedom]

The writers of the Constitution were influenced much more by "Enlightenment" thinking than the Bible, accordingly, the only reference to God in the Constitution is one that is implied in the recording of the date, "in the year of our Lord". It says "We the People" - nothing of the nation acknowledging Christ. Very secular humanist.

If you're opposed to the Constitution, this probably isn't the Web site for you: "As a conservative site, Free Republic is [...] pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights" - Jim Robinson, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1103363/posts