The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117438   Message #2547347
Posted By: Stringsinger
23-Jan-09 - 05:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Atheists: No 'so help me God'
Subject: RE: BS: Atheists: No 'so help me God'
Little Hawk, Obama's orientation is decidedly Christian which is in violation of the Separation of Church and State. Rick Warren? Lowery? Then there's the National Prayer Breakfast which is run by the "Fellowship" in Washington which are followers of Jesus though they don't call themselves Christians. Jeffrey Shurtleff has written the definitive book on the "Fellowship" and how they operate underground for their religious agenda.

The notion of "god" is so ambiguous in the minds of the people who use the term that it becomes crystalized by religious institutions. There are those who believe in more than one god. (Pantheistic). There are Trinitarians, Unitarians, Hindus, Zoroastrians, Muslims, Jews etc. who all have their idea of a god. They don't agree. The notion of a god is not universal.

Bill D, "Congress shall make no law with respect to religion" means that religion must remain out of the public sphere of government. This is not ambiguous. Freedom to worship as you please is never denied by the Constitution. It just doesn't belong in the exercise of government. I think we may agree on this.