Normally, I avoid it. But the topic at the top of the post was about disbelief. I feel qualfied to discuss it.
And yes, I knew where the concept of Separation of Church and state came from. But it’s not constitutional.
That whole line about "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." is not in the First Amendment? That is not all of the tradition of separation of church and state, but it is part of its foundation.
Pardon my intruding, but I fail to see how refusing to constitutionally establish one religion as being best for a nation is the same as erecting a wall of separation between (all) religions and the state. It seems to me the latter is a far more intensive action than the former. Indeed, in the former case, the state could provide funds and other support for religions at will. In the latter it cannot. It seems that Mr. Jefferson’s advocacy has replaced the plain text upon which he might have been commenting