Originally posted by Nate S: yeah i just realized that it made no sense . edited it.
anyways, what i was saying was that the constitution was created because this country is a democracy, seperation of church and state, etc. they want to return the country to its moral "roots" but dont realize that the US's roots aren't in evangelical principles!
Perhaps not evangelical, but certainly religion on a whole. From our 1st president's farewell address directly:
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
Today we worship education, we must be careful what idols we worship in the name of progress, or we will lose that which we cherish the most, our liberty, IMHO.
. edited it.