“While just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support.” -George Washington, “Father of Our Country” (The Writings of George Washington, John C. Fitzpatrick, editor (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932), Vol. XXX, p. 432 n., from his address to the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in North America, October 9, 1789.)

“Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” -Article III of the Northwest Ordinance (An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio), enacted under the Articles of Confederation July 13th, 1787, and re-enacted under the Constitution on August 7, 1789.

“Laus Deo,” Latin for “Praise God.” -Inscribed on the eastern face of the apex of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., so placed as to be the first thing illuminated at sunrise in our nation’s capitol.

“Holiness unto the Lord,” Exodus 28:36. “Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not; for such is the Kingdom of God,” St. Luke 18:16. “Search the Scriptures,” St. John 5:39. -Inscribed on the starircase walls inside the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” -John Jay, First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and co-author of the Federalist Papers, letter to Jedidiah Morse, 28 Feb 1797.

“The Americans are the first people whom Heaven has favored with an opportunity of deliberating upon and choosing the forms of government under which they should live.” -John Jay (The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Henry P. Johnston, ed. (New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1890), Vol. I, p. 161.)

“What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with thy God,” Micah 6:8. “The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handywork,” Psalm 19:1. “The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not,” St. John 1:5. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and withall thy getting, get understanding,” Proverbs 4:7. -On the walls of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

“One God, one Law, one element, and faroff Divine event to which the whole creation moves.” -Alfred Lord Tennyson, in the rotunda of the Library of Congress.

And so on, whereas atheism has given us Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot…

Akzed on January 18, 2008 at 12:29 PM

I see he beleves in restricting our rulers to the Christian faith. I must assume you agree with that. Do you also agree our elected representatives are our rulers?
a capella on January 18, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Uh, yes, otherwise what sense does it mean to say things like, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that… Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed…”

The Founders were not anarchists, y’know. If you don’t think you are governed, then run naked down Main St. and see what happens.

Akzed on January 18, 2008 at 3:28 PM

If you go back to the annals of history, you’ll actually find that an elected Jew brought that issue to the forefront way back when.
Spirit of 1776 on January 18, 2008 at 3:22 PM

Who might that have been?

Good enough reason to keep them all out of office then, right?.
a capella on January 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Of course not. I’m not advocating anything, I’m showing what many some founders thought of Christianity: they was mostly all for it.

Akzed on January 18, 2008 at 4:39 PM