I realize it has been years since I've posted, but I see Faith is still at it.
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Banning people from political office for their faith is indeed contrary to the whole idea of freedom of religion. And that is what you have proposed.
It's what the original American colonies did, and since they were original, how can anyone imagine they would have seen things any differently when it came to establishing a federal government. Attempts to reconcile denominational differences failed to anticipate the ultimate destruction of the colonies' original Christian worldview.
When you appreciate how thoroughly Protestant the original colonies were in their constitutions and politics, it's really absurd to think an anti-Christian secular society could have resulted from any of their efforts except by some very strange misunderstandings that are today's revisionist interpretations.
And yet, somehow that is exactly opposite of what happened. For someone who claims to know so much history, Faith, you seem to have forgotten to start with the very document that those people produced.
Article VI from the Constitution states directly:
no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
The very thing you are insisting upon is expressly forbidden by the Constitution. Your claim that somehow they were enamored by a vision of a "Christian nation" is simply not true. The Constitution mentions religion exactly twice, both times to expressly forbid the machinations of religion to be involved in the functioning of government.
Rrhain
Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.
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