On 01-07-98, ROY J. TELLASON declared to ROBERT PLETT:
RJT> RP> It is Godless, in which respect it is the same as the liberals,
RJT> RP> and reflects such in myriad positions, be it social issues in
RJT> RP> general, or its view of "separation of church and state".
RJT> RP> Neither its statement of principles or its platform contains
RJT> RP> such words as God, Lord, Creator, Almighty, etc., for that
RJT> RP> reason - not even the word faith is to be found in them in any
RJT> RP> context, let alone a religious one.
RJT>(Remainder snipped for brevity.)
RJT>Do you feel,  then,  that such stuff is the business of government?
Depends on what is meant by "such stuff".
If you mean should your religion or mine, or the lack thereof, be the
business of government, then the answer is emphatically no.
OTOH, it *is* the business of government to submit itself, be guided
by His revealed Word, and to honor the higher authority that is God
Almighty.  Governments exist in the first place because God ordained
them as His ministers, "an avenger who brings wrath upon the one who
practices evil." (Rom 13:4)
Those above statements are in full accord with the thinking of our
Founding Fathers who gave us a nation of liberty unparalleled in all of
history.  We will not keep it if we reject that thinking, a fact that
daily becomes more obvious the further we stray from it.
I say that even the most determined atheist supports his interests and
his liberty by supporting the higher authority of the God of the Bible
over government, even while choosing to reject Him.  There exists only
one immoveable anchor, only one unchanging reference point to tie
governments to, lest they go adrift and smash themselves, along with us
and our posterity, on the rocks of tyranny.  The God of the Bible, and
the Lordship and gospel of Jesus Christ, is the same, yesterday, today
and forever, but the ideas and impulses of men are changeable as the
wind, as the fluidity of meaning that men have forced the Constitution
into so eloquently testifies.
   "Providence has given our people the choice of their rulers, and it
   is the duty, as well as privilege and interest, of a Christian nation
   to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
                    - John Jay, First Chief Justice
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