Posted by
Dave on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:01:39 PM
Christian Values and our Founding Fathers
All my life or at lest my adult life I have heard the statement of separation of Church and State, that the government is not allowed to put up Christmas Holiday decorations or say a prayer before a Public event because of the separation of church and sate. Now for years this has troubled me because that I was never able to but up a good argument against them because I did not have facts to back up my beliefs for you see when I went to school the beliefs of our Founding Fathers were never taught. Oh yes we were told that they were Christians and the Government should not set up a National Religion but that was about it. Then came the internet and I was able to search and what do I find that not only were they Christians but they were men of very strong faith. Then one day as I was searching the internet I found a book that not only opened my eyes but confirmed what I had always believed that they formed our Government based on Christian Values, it is called The Christian Life and Character of The Civil Institutions of The United States. Yes a long title with a 1060 pages, but well worth the reading. They also thought Realign so important that one of the first items of order during the First Continental Congress was to authorize a Chaplin for the Congress. Not only that I found out that during the Revolutionary War on September 11, 1777 that Congress authorized the purchase of Bibles for the troops. By the way this book was originally published in 1864. Yes, the author Benjamin F. Morris in 1853 was concerned about people who denied our Christian Heritage and he felt that our history needed to be preserved, so he went back and looked at speeches, letters and writings from the Continental Congress which showed Christianity not only played a key role in the founding of this nation but played a key role in the lives of the Founding Fathers. Now I don not believe everything I read so I have the habit of trying to verify the facts and from what I have found this book is right on target. So in closing I would like to say our founding fathers never did say that the members of the government could not practice Christianity at work or display their faith at work but that they could stop anyone else from practicing or displaying theirs.