Too frequently today a church puts up a creche display of the manger and some athiest screams "Seperation of
church and state!" because it's visible from the street, or their poor, persecuted little brats have to
look at the horrible sight on their way to the poolhall.
The fact of the matter is that displaying any symbol related to God, even by the Congress of The United
States of America, is no violation of church and state at all! This concept involves the laws of a nation,
period. The Founding Fathers had lived under the persecution of King George (Catholicism) and their
intention was to prevent any law from being passed that would persecute non-Christians.
You might have noticed that our money displays God prominently, and many of our national monuments also
express the sentiment, "In God We Trust". Obviously, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington and the rest of the
men who founded this nation, saw no conflict of interest in these practices and the prohabition of
integrating religion into politics. In fact, nearly all of those men spoke openly of their faith in God,
and even prayed before begining their daily routine in Congress.
The most ridiculous aspect of these allegations is that most of the so called infractions have nothing
whatever to do with the state!
Unfortunately, our elected officials cave in to these absurd claims and force churches to remove their
displays, and many other expressions of the Christian faith. This, and many other malpractices, can be
laid at the feet of our society's loss of Christian values, and their ignorance of God's Word. Americans
have simply lost the ability to think for themselves any longer. They let some lame holy joe tell them
about God, things he knows as little about as they do.
Our national mentality is shaped by Dan Rather and the New York Times. Movie stars are actually respected
for their point of view, when they are probably the least qualified humanoids on the planet to have a
serious view of anything. Athletes, the same, although there are some refreshing exceptions.