Oddly. That wierdly sort of true. There are athiest and diest masons at the time of the constitutional convention however. Jefferson comes to mind.
Let us not forget that common sense a publication in circulation at the time and subsequent publications by the same author Thomas Paine also influenced public policy greatly.
He wrote several interesting papers and short book on ideaology propousing many ideas that would wind up in the Constitution as we see it now.
You can make a very strong argument for heavy Christian influence in the article of confederation. bot those article were removed and replaced later with our current constitition and bill of rights.
I won't deny that there were a large number or dispropotionately represented christian lements at the convention but the ideaology behind seperation of church and state was driven largely by political nessecity.
IE we had catholic colonys,protestant colonys, puritan colonsy and no one colony wanted religous domination by any other. Thats before we even touch on the many other religions being practiced at the time. We wound up with a secular goverment by sheer political nessecity.
Interesting post Geoff
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Originally Posted by WhiteHawk
C'mon, the truth is that all the founding founder's believed in God because they were all Masons. The fundamental requirement of being a Mason is that you believe in God. Masonic law is the basis of our country.
Seriously.
-Geoff
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