Thomas
Jefferson, who coined the
metaphor "separation of church and state" in a Jan. 1, 1802 letter to
the Danbury Baptists also said just 16 months prior:
- "I
have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form
of tyranny over the mind of man."
--Thomas
Jefferson* (*The famous quotation ... is from a letter to Dr.
Benjamin Rush of September 23, 1800. [ Jefferson
Quotations source] )
The metaphor
"separation of church
and state" is not in the Constitution and is not in any official
documents of the government. SCOTUS used Jefferson's personal
letter of encouragement to ignore "free expression" and wrangle
outrageous decisions that are opposite to the original intent of The
First Amendment and the intent of The Northwest Ordinance of 1789 which
says in Article 3:
- "Religion,
morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the
happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever
be encouraged.".
- SCOTUS is still
censoring and abusing
the believers of America's
default religion.
The metaphor
was first used by
SCOTUS in 1879 Reynolds v. US to stop polygamy in Utah. It
was unnecessary to use the metaphor for this purpose; because, from
approximately 30
A.D. to present, no mainline New Testament Christian
denomination nor America's default religion has permitted polygamy.
In the light of
Jefferson's
attitude opposing every 'tyranny over the mind of man', it is justified
to explore his metaphor as he understood the First Amendment's
three-point intent.
In the prose of
the next slide the
word "religion" could have been used to generalize the Judeo-Christian
"religious culture"; but it would not have satisfactorily transferred
the right meaning since SCOTUS has redefined the word 'religion' in
it's case law.
Instead,
a truthful and specific New Testament
title is used because without this distinction there would not be a
Judeo-Christian culture.
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