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To: JMJ333; toddhisattva
Not to mention that specifically allowing freedom to worship or not, to accept God or not, is in SERIOUS parallel to what God did, and continues to do.

HE does not force you to love Him or believe in Him. The Founding Fathers imitated God in that respect. They did not wish to force belief in Him on the new nation. Forced love would be more like rape.

To me - their conscious decision to allow free choice argues more forcfully for their belief in Him than would ANY attempt to define "proper" beliefs in the confines of the Constitution.

153 posted on 02/05/2002 2:08:45 PM PST by HeadOn
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To: HeadOn
Not to mention that specifically allowing freedom to worship or not, to accept God or not, is in SERIOUS parallel to what God did, and continues to do. HE does not force you to love Him or believe in Him. The Founding Fathers imitated God in that respect. They did not wish to force belief in Him on the new nation. Forced love would be more like rape. To me - their conscious decision to allow free choice argues more forcfully for their belief in Him than would ANY attempt to define "proper" beliefs in the confines of the Constitution.

Wow!

A keen understanding of the nature of your faith.

157 posted on 02/05/2002 2:17:43 PM PST by OWK
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To: HeadOn
I really wish you would read the posts before jumping to conclusions. I said they are based on Judeo-Christian thought--not theological documents. Is there some reason you people can't figure of the difference?
182 posted on 02/05/2002 3:08:00 PM PST by JMJ333
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