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Why the "Separation of Church and State" is a Myth

The Overthrow of the Constitution


This website self-consciously repudiates the modern fiction of the "Separation of Church and State." Nevertheless, the position espoused here is quite consistent with what the overwhelming majority of the Signers of the Constitution believed and said. The phrase "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution, and its modern meaning would be vigorously opposed by most of the Founding Fathers.

What "Separation of Church and State" Meant 200 Years Ago

The U.S. Supreme Court has declared in a number of cases that America is a Christian nation. One of the more noteworthy of these declarations is the case of Holy Trinity Church v. U.S. All the evidence indicates that the overwhelming majority of the Signers and Ratifiers of the Constitution intended to keep the nation Christian, and did not intend the Constitution to impose secularization on the nation.

In this context, the phrase "separation of church and state" is easier to understand.

Western Civilization is largely Christian Civilization. All of Europe was Christian, a part of the "Holy Roman Empire." When England broke away from the "Holy Roman Empire," it by no means meant to declare to the world that it was "un-holy." "Holier than thou" was still politically correct. In Britain there was a state church, a state denomination: The Church of England (Anglicanism). Taxes paid for the Anglican clergy.

After the American Revolution, nobody in America wanted their taxes to go to the clergy of the Church of England (understandably!). But if taxes were to finance any church, which church would it be? Baptist? Presbyterian? Congregational? Years before the Constitution was ratified, each state agreed that there would be no more established state-church: Not the Methodist, not the Episcopalian, not the Roman Catholic. In some states, taxes went to all denominations equally. But other states eliminated government church subsidies altogether, a "downsizing of government" that no one alive today disagrees with. The Founders' doctrine might better be called "the Separation of Denomination and State." Repeat: No one alive today disagrees with this concept. Not the Christian Coalition, not the Rutherford Institute, not the Chalcedon Foundation.

But this is not what "the separation of church and state" means today. Emphatically not.

What "Separation of Church and State" Means Today

The modern meaning of the phrase is "the Separation of Christianity and State." That's the real goal. To be on the side of this doctrine is to be on the side of the destruction of our nation. In the name of that doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1980 that public schools cannot even post a copy of the Ten Commandments on a classroom wall. If you can prove that a single signer of the Constitution believed in this kind of "separation," please send the proof to the author of this web page. The modern doctrine of "Separation of Church and State" is a myth. An evil, destructive lie.

Those who required Christian "test oaths" before the Revolution also envisioned America as a "City on a Hill," taking the Gospel to all the world. Those who despise Christian "test oaths" also despise the Puritan vision of a Christian America. This website is an attempt to restore both.


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