Myth of Separation

Myth of Separation

What is the Correct Relationship Between Church and State?

by David Barton
Publisher: WallBuilder Press
4th Edition, ©1991, ISBN: 9780925279187
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
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From the back of the book:

Did You Know That Separation Of Church And State Is A Myth?

This book proves that separation of church and state is a myth by using the quotes of the Founding Fathers and the actual decisions of the Supreme Court from 1795 to Notice these brief excerpts: 1952.

From the Founders:

"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." John Quincy Adams

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!" Patrick Henry

"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty... of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." John Jay, First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

A French historian visiting the United States in the 1830's made these observations: "Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention. The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.... Religion in America ..must... be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions of that country.... From the earliest settlement of the emigrants, politics and religion contracted an alliance which has never been dissolved." Alexis de Tocqueville

From the Court:

"No free government now exists in the world unless where Christianity is acknowledged, and is the religion of the country.... Its foundations are broad and strong, and deep... it is the purest system of morality, the firmest auxiliary, and only stable support of all human laws.... Christianity is part of the common law." Updegraphv.Commonwealth, 1826

In 1844 in Philadelphia, a school took an unprecedented position: it would teach its students morality, but not Christianity. The Court ruled it could not do so the Bible and Christianity must be included in its instruction: "Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in the [schools] its general precepts expounded and its glorious principles of morality inculcated? Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?" Vidal v. Girard's Executors, 1844

and much, much more!

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