Yes, I know these words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance after it was written but the thought was there when the United States was being formed.
"The country's first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, were firm believers in the importance of religion for republican government." --official Library of Congress statement
We’ve come a long way from the forming of the United States and we have lost sight of why they left England. The pilgrims left England to form a new country because they wanted freedom of religion. The thing we loose sight of though is that they didn’t want the freedom to choose between God, Mohammed or Buddha. They wanted to be able to worship God in the way they felt the Bible was teaching them, not to be told they have to worship God the way the Catholics did.
The Separation of Church and State was not meant to separate God from the United States. As John Adams stated, “The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”• “[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”–John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress
The Separation of Church and State was meant to give people the right to worship the One True God of the Bible, in the ways they felt the Word of God was telling them too. They didn’t want the country to be telling them that they all had to worship the same way the Catholics did. They wanted to have the choice to form Baptist churches, Presbyterian churches, Pentecostal churches, etc.
We need to remember and be thankful for the people that have given their lives in the armed forces to gain and protect our freedom and the freedom of others. Most of all we need to remember that our armed forces are currently voluntary. We need to support them and show them how much we appreciate and love them for putting their lives on the line to continue to keep us safe and to help others to find their freedom.
We need to remember and be thankful for the people that have given their lives in the armed forces to gain and protect our freedom and the freedom of others. Most of all we need to remember that our armed forces are currently voluntary. We need to support them and show them how much we appreciate and love them for putting their lives on the line to continue to keep us safe and to help others to find their freedom.
May we again learn to be One Nation Under God!
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