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Ancient
History
The Founding Fathers were keen students of
ancient history. They knew that religion had always been considered of
great utility by ancient governments. There has never been a separation
of religion and state in the history of man. The Founders did not intend
to change this.
The Reformation:
Rebirth of Theocracy
- The Protestant Reformation was a key
influence in the American Revolution.
- First,
because the revolt against Roman Catholicism was a source of
American anti-clericalism. Today's
European Protestant churches are unreformed Roman churches.
"New Presbyter is but Old Priest, writ large"
(Milton). Most of the Founders' remarks used by atheists in our day
to support the separation of religion and state were
actually anti-clerical remarks designed to separate churches and
state, and reduce competition between clergy. This philosophy leads
to the House-Church
movement, where religion becomes more pervasive in the life of
the believer, not to a secular state, where religion becomes more
peripheral.
- Second,
because the Calvinistic emphasis on the Sovereignty of God was a
direct challenge to "statism," the deity of the sovereign
state. The
Revolutionary War was a Calvinist Revolution.
It is important not to confuse anti-clericalism with secularism. The
author of this web page, a
fanatic Christian Theocrat, has not been a church-member for 15
years.
The pages linked below discuss Early American history in the context
of Theocracy (a nation "under
God") and Anarchism (a People with a
divine wall protecting them from incursions on their rights by archists
in church and state). There is no compelling evidence that
the Founding Fathers intended to separate God and
government.
America: Theocracy in the New World
Modern secularists have problems understanding the American
relationship between religion and government because they do not
understand that the Founders believed that
- Religion was the foundation of government;
- There was a true religion and there were other false religions;
- It would be suicidal to base a commonwealth on a false religion;
- The Government, in order to survive, must endorse and promote the
true religion.
Every single person who signed the Constitution agreed with these
four premises, and they agreed that the true religion was Christianity.
It doesn't matter that they didn't agree among themselves as to the
details of the Christian religion. It doesn't matter that they made sure
that one variety of Christianity would have no legal power over other
varieties of Christianity. What matters is that not a single signer of
the Constitution believed in the "separation of church and
state" where the word "church" means "Christianity, the
true religion."
The pages below are designed to explain these propositions and to
show that they were universally held by the Founding Fathers.
"Vine & Fig
Tree" in American History -- Homepage
American Law
Theocracy Defended
by the U.S. Supreme Court
Famous American Theocrats
"The Separation of Church and
State"
Theocratic Education
The Myth of Secular Governments
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