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Most of the states at the time of the Constitutional Convention, did not allow confessed Deists to hold public office.

If it had been the intent of the founders to fully seperate church & state, don't you think they would have addressed that in the Federal Constitution, instead of leaving that power to the states?

In colonial times your religion was the religion of the colony you lived in.

Not true.

That was changed by the separation of church and state.

However did that happen, when most of the states had official state churches at the time of the founding?

Do you really believe that separation of church and state would have been overwhelmingly supported if all those guys were Christian and wanted a Christian America?

It takes someone with no understanding of the Christian faith to make that statement. You are confusing "Christian state", national, with "Christian state", as in states, based on the "community standards" of each of the states.

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If it had been the intent of the founders to fully serrate church & state, don't you think they would have addressed that in the Federal Constitution, instead of leaving that power to the states?

They did. A state cannot enact a state religion. That is a violation of separation of church and state.

Not true

That was the law in those days. It was not enforced in some of the backwoods counties, but is was enforced law in most of the colonies.

However did that happen, when most of the states had official state churches at the time of the founding?

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Ben Franklin suggested they start the convention with prayer. His suggestion was rejected and the convention was held without prayer. Those founders not only rejected prayer, they demanded separation of church and state.
All of the above are facts of American History that can be found in the Encyclopedia Britannica or any book on American history.

Now, I ask you this: If the founders were Christians who wanted a Christian America, why did they reject prayer at the convention? Why did the enact Separation of Church and State? Why does the Constitution not mention Jesus, or God. Why does the Declaration of Independence refer to the Deist "Nature's God" instead of the Christian Jesus God?

It takes someone with no understanding of the Christian faith

I understand the Constitution and the words of the Deists who wrote it.
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