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you don't care: I'm pretty convinced the only reason freedom of religion is enshrined in the US constitution is because they couldn't agree on one.

Posted by mafic Jun 4 '09, 16:02

I'm pretty sure everyone except maybe Jefferson would've been pretty happy to have a state religion, but they were all afraid it wouldn't be theirs, and that someone else would try and push their own to the forefront. thus, freedom of religion.

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don't forget many of the earliest settlers were puritans who were fleeing england cause they were expelled as the talaban of their day, we did not ... - zeitgeist Jun 4, 16:54
I wouldn't be surprised if that was in some small part a reason, but the only reason? Nah. (nm) - musubi Jun 4, 16:09
The John Adams miniseries disagrees with you (at least for John Adams) :-) -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 16:05
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- no. they were all supersecret muslims. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 16:09 1
  - and freemasons -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 16:14
- Here's a fun chart showing the religious affiliations of the various FFs. -- (link) - TWuG, First Apostle of our Lord and Savior Musubi. Jun 4, 16:08 28
  - All I know, believe, is this, if our founding fathers didn't want religion to mix with politics in any way they would have started each session with a - Stephen Jun 4, 16:11 19
    - I haven't seen anyone here argue that they wanted a secular country. They did not want state sanctioned religion, they were not at all opposed to - TWuG, First Apostle of our Lord and Savior Musubi. Jun 4, 16:23
    - in the end they were all christian. if you're going to accept other religions in the country, and tell them their voice is just as important, I don't - mafic Jun 4, 16:18 1
      - nonetheless, there will always be some bias from the people making the laws no matter what religion they are or if they represent the majority -- nm - Guy Jun 4, 16:25
    - they didnt want either, but the problem because that since they didnt go either way - tRuMaN Jun 4, 16:18
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      - Uh, they prayed exactly before they did "speak for the country" - Stephen Jun 4, 16:17 7
        
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        Of course they speak for the country when they debate issues... - Stephen Jun 4, 16:26 4
        
        They've been elected to legislate for the country and their views often reflect their constituents (which is some small subset of the country). - pmb Jun 4, 16:31 1
        
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        Well, at least that's the way it's supposed to work... -- nm - Stephen Jun 4, 16:28
        
        Well said. (nm) - musubi Jun 4, 16:25
    - Maybe they didn't want a completely secular country, but they were wrong about other things, that'd just be one more.. - musubi Jun 4, 16:15 5
      - No, no they weren't. - Stephen Jun 4, 16:18 4
        
        I don't need to believe in a god, if I am one. (nm) - musubi, part-time messiah Jun 4, 16:19 3
        
        God of Bacon? -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 16:20 1
        
        Behold my porcine divinty! (nm) - musubi Jun 4, 16:24
        
        classic self-loather. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 16:20
  - John Hancock was a snake handler? Wow. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 16:10 7
    - I'm surprised that there were that many Catholics... - Stephen Jun 4, 16:14 5
      - why? - tRuMaN Jun 4, 16:19 4
        
        nope not in "many" - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 16:37 2
        
        you can't be serious -- nm - Stephen Jun 4, 17:21 1
        
        the majority of european countries are catholic - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 17:58
        
        especially in England what with the King starting his own religion and everything -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 16:20
    - Don't Tread On Me! -- nm - TWuG, First Apostle of our Lord and Savior Musubi. Jun 4, 16:11

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you don't care: I'm pretty convinced the only reason freedom of religion is enshrined in the US constitution is because they couldn't agree on one.

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