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To: billflax; betty boop; marron; Alamo-Girl; little jeremiah; metmom; xzins; GodGunsGuts; Fichori; ...

Oh, Boy! . . . Here we go.


22 posted on 09/25/2012 7:54:07 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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The proper answer (to the title of the thread) is (((( NO ))))..............
The God in the US Constitution is “generic”...
Its is a generic God..

And the truth is God “IS” generic.. since there is only one..
You know............. the real one...
But thats the God in the mentality of the founders..

Many have multiple Gods or even themselves(like atheists)..
But the God in the US Constitution is generic..
Whatever you call god is God.. perfectly OK to the US Constitution..

Some worship the Bible, or their Church or even some Used Jesus Salesman.. or even an Arabic Pedophile..
But thats OK to the US Constitution.. GOD is whatever you say “IT” is..

The genius of it all is amazing..


67 posted on 09/26/2012 9:00:16 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: YHAOS; Alamo-Girl; joanie-f; billflax
Preamble.
...We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other; and of forming a new Constitution of Civil Government, for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a design, DO agree upon, ordain and establish, the following Declaration of Rights, and Frame of Government, as the CONSTITUTION of the COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.

Part the First. A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Art. I — All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.

Art. II.— It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great creator and preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.

Art. III. — As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality: Therefore, to promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of GOD, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.

Thus the third paragraph of the Preamble of the Massachusetts Constitution, and first three Articles of the Massachusetts Bill of Rights, principally authored by John Adams. The Massachusetts Constitution was ratified on June 15, 1780, and served as a model for the federal Constitution which was drafted seven years later.

The Massachusetts Constitution has the distinction of being "the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world."

Make of it what you will, dear reader!

Thanks so much for the ping to this engaging article, dear YHAOS!

69 posted on 09/26/2012 10:23:25 AM PDT by betty boop (We are led to believe a lie when we see with, and not through the eye. — William Blake)
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