EganMedia
November 12th 04, 03:25 PM
<< For hundreds of years, the Catholic and Protestant churches had been at war
with one another. Our Founding Fathers were aware of this and, therefore,
did not want to establish one Church over another. >><BR><BR>
What about the possibility that a large number of early settlers had fled
Europe do to state sanctioned religious persecution? Maybe the founding
fathers saw a state-established religion as tyranical. Maybe the best way to
fight the tyrany of state-sponsored religion is to forbid the government the
opportunity to foist religious zealotry on the citizenry. Keeping prayer
private keeps freedom public.
Joe Egan
EMP
Colchester, VT
www.eganmedia.com
with one another. Our Founding Fathers were aware of this and, therefore,
did not want to establish one Church over another. >><BR><BR>
What about the possibility that a large number of early settlers had fled
Europe do to state sanctioned religious persecution? Maybe the founding
fathers saw a state-established religion as tyranical. Maybe the best way to
fight the tyrany of state-sponsored religion is to forbid the government the
opportunity to foist religious zealotry on the citizenry. Keeping prayer
private keeps freedom public.
Joe Egan
EMP
Colchester, VT
www.eganmedia.com