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Pwnallthethings@pwnallthethings.bsky.social |
Ironically one of the strongest influences the bible had on the constitution was the founders putting the "no religious tests are allowed as a qualification to hold any office" and "congress isn't allowed to make laws respecting an establishment of religion"
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Jim Teeth
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People really don’t understand how insane it was when each state had a state sponsored religion. Massachusetts once funded the Congregational Church, and only the Congregationalists, via tax dollars. We had Sunday business prohibitions until the 1990s.
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Andy Pearlman
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almost as if they were anticipating what a John Brown might say based on the bible...
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Greg Merklin
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The founders were no doubt painfully aware of the extent to which 17c European history was essentially defined by wars over religion.
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WasteLandRover
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So an influence, but less of a "these things are intertwined" sort of an influence and more of a "we don't ever want these two things to be mixed up with each other, we just fought a war so we can think whatever we want" sort of an influence.
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