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Originally Posted by VRM
And BTW, we were not founded on Judeo-Christian principles - a large number of the FF were not Christians, and did not want this to be a Christian nation. They took what they considered to be the best from a variety of religions and forms of government and made it ours.
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I'm sorry but this is a blatant lie.
The 1st Amendment protection of the Freedom of Religion was intended to keep the Gov't out of the Churches' business; it was not intended to eradicate all forms of Christianity from public places as it is being used now. The worry was about the Gov't creating a "state Church" rather than allowing the various denominations of Christianity to be free to worship as they choose.
Many of the early documents (including the Declaration of Independence) made frequent references to the Christian/Jewish God.