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In response to "Here's a fun chart showing the religious affiliations of the various FFs. -- (link)" by TWuG, First Apostle of our Lord and Savior Musubi.

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

Posted by Stephen (aka SCeire) Jun 4 '09, 16:11

prayer. Did they want there to be a "official" national religion? No. But I also don't see where they wanted a completely secular country either.

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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

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