Posted by
Ikester on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:40:35 PM
Our history is full of references to the God of the Christian, even appearing in all the constitutions of the states. The following is the preamble to the Connecticut Constitution.
"Forasmuch as it hath pleased the Almighty God by the wise disposition of his divine providence so to order and dispose of things that we the inhabitants and residents of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield are now cohabitating and dwelling in and upon the River of Connectecotte and the lands thereunto adjoining; and well knowing where a people are gathered together the word of God requires that to maintain the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Government established according to God, to order and dispose of the affairs of the people at all seasons as occasion shall require; do therefore associate and conjoin ourselves to be as one Public State or Commonwealth; and do for ourselves and our Successors and such as shall be adjoined to us at any time hereafter, enter into Combination and Confederation together, to maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus which we now profess, as also the discipline of the Churches, which according to the truth of the said Gospel is now practiced amongst us; as also in our Civil affairs to be guided and governed according to such Laws, Rules, Orders, and Decrees as shall be made, ordered and decreed as followeth: - " (the eleven specific Orders follow this preamble, but obviously absent was any reference of a sovereign authority other than God). (bold added for emphasis)
Don't you just love reading the founding documents? They are all centered around God and His Christian church.
Ikester