Keith Knapp wrote in a message to Robert Plett:
RP>DH> The first Amendment does state that Congress shall not establish a
RP>DH> religion.
RP>It says Congress shall make no law establishing one.
 KK> No, it says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
 KK> of religion.  Your suggestion, that the God of the Bible must be
 KK> put firmly in charge of this country, is about as obvious an
 KK> example of our government respecting an establishment of religion
 KK> as I've ever heard.
According to James Madison, who wrote the First Amendment, the "Establishment 
Clause" was only designed to say that Congress was forbidden to establish a 
national church or religion, and that no one single denomination, sect, cult, 
etc. could be placed in a position of preferred legal status.  The Founding 
Fathers were, for the most part, Bible believing Christians who, IMHO, could 
not know of the religious diversity we have in our country today.  I believe 
that the only way our country can be saved is to return to the principles our 
country was founded upon.  Surprisingly enough, you will find these 
principles in virtually every major religion today, certainly in 
Christianity, Judaism and Islam.  
-- Mark
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