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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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