What's odd, is that before 1960, and the past 200 plus years of the USA - Christianity was embraced and accepted as a whole. I read countless charters and older textbooks during teachers conferences passed around that held no separation of church from state as it is currently taught and upheld. Few are presented below... there is more...
Look at this link:
History of the United States 1832 see chapter one and what do you see written?
Look at this link:
Bible Readings for School 1897 and skim through the book. What do you notice?
Next look at these quotes...
The 1811 edition of The American Preceptor under the heading “A Short Address To Parents,” on page 224 reads:
Link here for you to read
5... "Give your hearts wholly to the Lord who made you." Lay the foundation of your lives here, on the firm ground of Christian faith; and build upon it whatever is just and good, worthy and noble, till the structure be complete in moral beauty.
6. The world, into which your children are entering, lies in wait for them with variety of temptations. Unfavorable sentiments of religion will soon be suggested to them, and all the snares of luxury, false honor and interest, spread in their way, which, with most of their rank, are too successful, and to many, fatal.
7. Happy the few, who in any part of life become sensible of their errors, and with painful resolution tread back the wrong steps which they have taken!
8. But happiest of men is he, who by an even course of right conduct, from the first, as far as human frailty permits, hath at once avoided the miseries of sin, the sorrows of repentance, and the difficulties of virtue; who not only can think of his present state with composure, but reflect on his past behaviour with thankful approbation; and look forward with unmixed joy to that important future hour, when he shall appear before God, and humbly offer to him a whole life spent in his service
Then...
The 1857 edition of The Elementary Spelling Book:
Let all your words be sincere, and never deceive. – Never practice deceit, for this is sinful. – A mediator is a third person who interposes to adjust a dispute between parties at variance. Christ is the mediator between an offended God and offending man. (The Elementary Spelling Book, pp. 80,82)
http://www.archive.org/stream/elementar ... 2/mode/1up
Little over 107 years ago...
1908 edition of The Elementary Spelling Book reads:
The Holy Bible is the book of God.
The Elementary Spelling Book, 1908, p. 26
Again on pages 98-99...
The Elementary Spelling Book, 1908, p.98,99 reads
Legislation is the enacting of laws, and a legislator is one who makes laws.
God is the divine legislator. He proclaimed his ten commandments, from mount Sinai.
In free governments, the people choose their legislators.
We have legislators for each state, who make laws for the state where they live. The town in which they meet to legislate, is called the seat of government. These legislators, when they are assembled to make laws, are called the legislature.
The people should choose their best and wisest men for their legislators.
lt is the duty of every good man, to inspect the moral conduct of the man who is offered as a legislator at our yearly elections. If the people wish for good laws, they may have them, by electing good men.
The legislative councils of the United States should feel their dependence on the will of a free and virtuous people.
Our farmers, mechanics and merchants, compose the strength of our nation. Let them be wise and virtuous, and watchful of their liberties.
From 1803...
....Humanity is, therefore, the characteristic of Christianity ; it is the badge and ornament of its professors ; it is the particular and frequent command of our Saviour, "As ye would that others should do unto you, even so do ye unto them."
The New Instructor, 1803, p. 188).
These were things allowed to be taught in schools until around the 1955-1970 time period. The Separation of church and state in the United States was once clearly taught that there should be NO First Church of the USA which is far different from the hyperbole from FFRF and modern concepts.
In other words, NO First Church of the USA, meant that there should never be one main line established and sanctioned denomination church in America that excludes and persecutes all other christian groups. No one monopolized denomination ruling the roost as the Church of England and Roman Catholic and Lutheran in Europe had. That was the purpose for the separation clause that it could not stop the free exercise of religion.
If it wasn't and as the moderns folks pontificate, then why didn't they practice this way back when at the founding of this country?
Why do spelling books and a host of other materials suggest that Christianity with its many variety of churches were indeed allowed to influence schools and morality for well over 200 years?
Let's look at the liberal progress approx to learning in the USA and how stupid many students really are and stuck on making more and more psychotic policies of PC and other cr_p...
For example, the students in Missouri protesting Racism, etc, do not even know wast it is. I challenge them to prove the existence of colored only bathrooms, dressing rooms, water fountains, and classes on campus. The left makes racist out of minorities and induced Anglo Saxon guilt to serve a political agenda of gaining control without realizing that they are Americans too and will lose all their perks, blessings, and privileges once the USA is totally fundamental transformed. They will not possess a country anymore.
Next look at this headline as an example and the article:
Black Activist Allegedly Punches Christian Preacher in the Mouth Inside Mizzou ‘Free Speech Zone’ — Then He Grabs the Microphone…
This the fruit of FFRF and other activist groups in action:
Link to article here
All in reaction to the myth of a defending against a Christian Theocracy which is mere propagandized hyperbole. The USA, even back then was not a Christian Theocracy. Christianity was at least back then accepted as the salt and glue to stabilize and hold in check an ever corruptible humanity necessary for a free people to self govern themselves effectively.
FFRP and the other activist groups like them are no different than the inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition... if they get their way...
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