God is being silenced in the U.S.

It seems the U.S. govt. in its infinite wisdom (dripping with sarcasm) has decided that God has no place in our country. the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Alligience, the words 'In God we Trust' on our money, the removal of the 10 commandments from govt. places, etc. Of course, when questioned as to why the govt. is roming these elements, they reply that the 1st Admentment of the Constitiution strictly prohibits the govt. endorsing any religion. Unfortunately, that is not the case. the exact wording of the 1st Admentment is as follows:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

In fact, it seems the forefathers felt including God in the newly created United States was extremely important. The opening sentence of the second paragraphh to the Declaration of Independence show this when it says, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..." To emphasize God's role in this new country, the Declaration closes with the following:

"...for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"

Does this sound like a bunch of founders who sought to remove all shreds of religion from their new country?

Now, in presenting this argument before, I have had the reply that the use of God is offensive to some. But who? It isn't promoting any one religion. Christians, Jews, Muslims,  I've been told it offends the religion of athesists. First, how can an athesist have a religion? Atheism is not described as a religion. The Webster's Dictionary defines atheism as: one who disbelieves or denies the existence of a supernatural being or beings. The definition of religion is: reverence for a supernatural being or beings regarded as creator and governor of the universe. How can atheism, which doesn't believe in a supernatural being, claim to be a religion when the very definition of religion requires the reverance for a supernatural being?????

It my opinion that does the vast majority of Americans don't want to see religion silenced. Statistics show that 79% of Americans practice some major religion (www.adherents.com).

Why would people want religion silenced in the U.S. when such a large percentagr of the population practices for sort of faith? The answer is that they don't, but the 13% who don't believe in God, for some reason are having a huge influence on the govt. Its high time, we stood up and defended our right and freedom OF religion, not FROM religion. The govt. is mandated by the 1st Admentment to not establish laws that establish a religion. It sure seems like they are instead establishing laws abolishing religion. Keep God in our country - we need Him more than ever!!!

Until next time...God bless.

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