Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Religion, more than a “private” matter

Michael and Jana Novak Britannica Blog - February 27th, 2007
There is much public evidence that the top Founders saw religion as considerably more than a “private” matter, even though all agreed that religion, at least the religion in which they were formed, requires that each conscience consult only the evidence available to each. Their practice was often public–we mean, in the official acts and discourse of the state–and at the same time respectful of the diversity of consciences...
There was no more need for the Constitution to mention God than to abrogate the great Christian principle of limited government: “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Most Christians even today regard immortal life as a communion with God, with their friends, and all those historical greats whom they admire–an everlasting conversation. So did virtually all the Founders in their brief asides on the subject.

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