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What are your thoughts on the going ons in Missouri?
My article is at http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41309.asp

In reply to the book about Missouri and religion; I can't see them taking this very far. The Constitution simply states freedom of religion, meaning the governments can't get involved in religious issues here. Also it means that they can't farce a person to participate in a particular religion. Which is why prayer in school was banned in the first place! If a state were to say a certain religion were its "majority religion" and all must follow it; there would be close to a civil war. I don't think there is a judge alive that would ever allow it. Not if they wanted any longevity to their career!

I too can't see how passing such a resolution wouldn't be direct violation of the separation of church and state.

In fact in the Treaty of Tripoli, authored in 1796, article 11 reads:

In case anyone missed that, Musselmen is an old-fashioned term for Muslim, as is Mehomitan (Mohammedan). The treaty of Tripoli, a footnote in most American History textbooks, is once again EXTREMELY relevant. Great post, Rae!

Here is the proposed bill

http://www.house.mo.gov/bills061/biltxt/intro/hcr0013i.htm

Samten,
why are you deleting my posts here? This is a question regarding Christianity in Missouri and you won't allow a Christian to post a response?

I deleted your post that were about the treaty of Tripoli.

The topic isn't about the treaty itself but about the laws n Missouri. Here is not the place to debate if the treaty is or isn't null and void. I deleted your post so that an off topic debate would not take place here.

The quote from the treaty was used to show that the United States was not founded on the Christian religion. And that the Missouri law violates the constitution and the seperation of church and state.

Megans post helped clarify what the Treaty of Tripoli is, somthing I was going to post before she beat me to it.

You are more then welcome to post your own thoughts on the Missouri bill. How you feel it will affect Christians and non-Christians. If you know of a document from American History that you feel supports your post you are wlecome to post a short quote from it and to link to it (if availible) or post the document title so that the rest of us can look it up.

While I agree that the U.S. is not founded on the Christian religion i.e. we have a secular government. Our government is founded upon Christian philosophies and thought. Christian principles, that is. For example; The three branches of government are representative of the Holy Trinity as described in the Bible. Father, Son, and Holy spirit.
1. Father=executive branch
2. Son=Judicial branch
3. Holy spirit= Legislative branch
The Father is the head and supreme authority like the president. The Bible says the Son will judge all things upon His second return. The legislative branch represents the spirit of the governed, the people. Also, the original congress waited until the 13th colony, Rhode Island, joined before ratifying the constitution. The number 13 represents a Godly number that means, "complete" in Hebrew. Jesus+12 disciples=13. God+ 12 tribes of Israel=13 as examples. Thought you might find this interesting.

I don't think our current government reflects much of what our founders intended, I think the Missouri situation shows how different it now is.

Currently the most relevent 3's to describe the governement today would be:

The 3 Roots of Evil:
Greed
Hatred
Delusion

I enjoy number play. Lets start another topic to dicuss numbers in religion, though.