The post to which you are replying went on to say:
“If they want to erect a Star of David that would not be offensive since Christianity’s base is based on the Jewish Scriptures. But no other religion’s symbols.”
The crafters of the Declaration of Independence were well versed in the Old Testament.
It was still an inaccurate statement betraying near total ignorance of the Jewish contribution to the political philosophy of limited government, which he presumed to be Christian in origin. So, I told him where to find the original, history's only designed-anarchy. G_d was to be King.
The crafters of the Declaration of Independence were well versed in the Old Testament.
There was only one "crafter" of the DoI: Jefferson, whose private religiosity is still a matter of debate. Nor does that document have diddly to do with the structure of our government. It addresses the source of unalienable right and the primacy of the people, but not much more.