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Regarding my previous post, and my challenge:
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My argument must first show that our founding fathers were in deed deeply religious, and believers in a responsibility to their creator. This must be shown to establish the mindframe of those who created our original form of Government. A godless people and a religious people have completely differing views of where security and happiness originate, and how a nation must be run. They have completely differing views of what makes a nation successful.

Then I will show that our founders created our form of government based on values they intentionally got primarily from the Bible. Showing this will establish that our founders believed that conforming to scriptures would give us the most successful form of government they could.

Finally I will show that our founders expected us to intentionally use religion to keep our government healthy. Beyond a mere preference, I will show our founders believed that we must maintain our government under the guidelines of scripture.

I will show additionally that our founders were convinced, if religion was to be removed from our government, it would fall.

At the end, if I can successfully show the above 4 points, the conclusion must be made that our founders did in fact intend religion to be rooted securely and permanently in our government. The correct interpretation of the first Amendment must be made with this understanding of the men who framed it.

It must be remembered that our present choice, to accept or reject a responsibility to our creator, is another issue. To confuse our present ideology, with the beliefs of our founders, will make it impossible to determine their intent, and therefore make it impossible to determine if their design was successful or not.
You may earnestly disagree with the founders in this matter, but that is not the issue in this discussion.