Presents Pamphlet #320

By Jeff Rhine

"How Can it be Made Any More Clear"

How can it be made any more clear,
than by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise therof; ..." (Amendment I to
the Constitution of the United States of America),
that the United States government is not to codify and enforce
any system of rewards and punishments
for adhering or not to an official state religion
and its doctrines?

Further, though,
how can it be made any more clear that
our Founding Fathers were Christians
and that our founding documents and institutions
were formulated on a Christian foundation?

Ours was founded a Christian nation.
As Patrick Henry is recorded to have said:
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often
that this great nation was founded,
not by religionists,
but by Christians;
not on religions,
but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!"

Accordingly, Christian Americans ought to not have,
exercise, or tolerate hatred against non-Christians
and we ought to not punish or imprison them
simply because they are non-Christians.

With this stated and clear,
being now a presupposition --
stand firm, fill the gap, teach, and lead the way.

Finally, as Americans,
we can feel emboldened to pray that
-- on their knees, humbled, truly seeking the face God --
our leaders conduct our collective affairs consistent with God's will.

God Bless,

Jeff Rhine

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