With about 470 million followers, Buddhism one of the major world religions, constitutionally protected in the USA. It offers another choice to dismiss the notion of being Christian, and unfortunately the folks who drafted the 1st Amendment saw only religion through the lens of the only religion they could have fathomed; Christianity - and its many sects, which were what prompted 1A. They could not have imagined Satanism, Islam, VooDoo and many others would find a loophole in their words.
So? This is required for free will, and without the option to "dismiss Christianity" the entire New Testament means nothing.
America was founded with Christian principles and Christianity being the status quo is essential to the essence of America. We're seeing proof of that now...America is fading; fast.
If the founders had their true intention communicated on the paper
there would not be all this trouble going on.
Free will to choose which religion one subscribes to would still exist, but you'd need to go elsewhere to do so. If you want to live in a society with no religious influence at all, you go to a Communist country ... but try not to get trampled by all the people trying to flee it.
No. Jefferson voiced support for “Turks” and “Mahometans,”
who only happened to be Muslim, a term he did not know
despite owning a Queer Ran
About a quarter of African slaves were Muslim, but most of the population at the time did not acknowledge that "Muslims" or "Islam" existed in America, because they simply didn't know.
You do realize the Crusades... which kinda had a tiny bit to do with taking the holy lands back from the Islamics... happened before the folks who drafted the 1st amendment. Like, LONG before. Also not uncommon for the Christians to burn people at the stake for supposedly worshiping the devil and practicing voodoo so clearly they were familiar with satanism and voodoo. SO, if they intended for it to only apply to the Christians, they would have said so, because they were damn sure familiar with the others.
You do realize that USA had no part in the Crusades which happened around year 1200. America had not even been "discovered" yet.
Don't know why you mentioned it. Nobody but Ben Franklin would have even had that knowledge...and he probably did .. but ..didn't input it in the Declaration of Independence...probably because there were no Muslims in the New World. at that time or were so few they were not important enough to consider.
James Madison is credited with writing the 1st Amendment.
He was born in Virginia about 60 years after the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. He didn't have the internet or a door to door Encyclopedia salesman to inform him of the past in another State. Unless you have proof to the contrary,wicthcraft would not have even been on his radar or scope of knowledge.
1A' religious aspect was written ONLY to prescribe no discrimination against Catholics seeking to run for public office in a majority Protestant America.
Some Christians on .win are voicing grave disappointment at both this and the gold colored likeness of DJT wheeled around at CPAC, saying this is how you turn God against MAGA
Trump on a Christianity-dismissive statue?
Why to I both hate it and love it at the same time?
With about 470 million followers, Buddhism one of the major world religions, constitutionally protected in the USA. It offers another choice to dismiss the notion of being Christian, and unfortunately the folks who drafted the 1st Amendment saw only religion through the lens of the only religion they could have fathomed; Christianity - and its many sects, which were what prompted 1A. They could not have imagined Satanism, Islam, VooDoo and many others would find a loophole in their words.
Few people are both Christian and Buddhist.
America was founded with Christian principles and Christianity being the status quo is essential to the essence of America. We're seeing proof of that now...America is fading; fast.
If the founders had their true intention communicated on the paper
there would not be all this trouble going on.
Free will to choose which religion one subscribes to would still exist, but you'd need to go elsewhere to do so. If you want to live in a society with no religious influence at all, you go to a Communist country ... but try not to get trampled by all the people trying to flee it.
False on every level. Thomas Jefferson himself voiced support for Muslims, in the US.
Then he got experience trying to work with them and reversed his position.
No. Jefferson voiced support for “Turks” and “Mahometans,”
who only happened to be Muslim, a term he did not know
despite owning a Queer Ran
About a quarter of African slaves were Muslim, but most of the population at the time did not acknowledge that "Muslims" or "Islam" existed in America, because they simply didn't know.
You do realize the Crusades... which kinda had a tiny bit to do with taking the holy lands back from the Islamics... happened before the folks who drafted the 1st amendment. Like, LONG before. Also not uncommon for the Christians to burn people at the stake for supposedly worshiping the devil and practicing voodoo so clearly they were familiar with satanism and voodoo. SO, if they intended for it to only apply to the Christians, they would have said so, because they were damn sure familiar with the others.
You do realize that USA had no part in the Crusades which happened around year 1200. America had not even been "discovered" yet.
Don't know why you mentioned it. Nobody but Ben Franklin would have even had that knowledge...and he probably did .. but ..didn't input it in the Declaration of Independence...probably because there were no Muslims in the New World. at that time or were so few they were not important enough to consider.
James Madison is credited with writing the 1st Amendment.
He was born in Virginia about 60 years after the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. He didn't have the internet or a door to door Encyclopedia salesman to inform him of the past in another State. Unless you have proof to the contrary,wicthcraft would not have even been on his radar or scope of knowledge.
1A' religious aspect was written ONLY to prescribe no discrimination against Catholics seeking to run for public office in a majority Protestant America.
I think Christians would find humor here. It's not a crucifix.
Some Christians on .win are voicing grave disappointment at both this and the gold colored likeness of DJT wheeled around at CPAC, saying this is how you turn God against MAGA
Only Catholics have a crucifix.
America was founded by Protestants.
1A was written to allow Catholics to run for public office.
Slippery Slope.
JFK desegregated the schools. Now look at them.