James Madison, the author of the First Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any law respecting an establishment of religion, was also an author of Article VI, which states unambiguously that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust.” His later Detached Memoranda make it very plain that he opposed the government appointment of chaplains in the first place, either in the armed forces or at the opening ceremonies of Congress. “The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Saturday, August 26, 2017
In Idiot America we have something called the Establishment Clause in our Bill of Rights. This clause requires the complete separation of church and state. Christian assholes would like to throw out our Bill of Rights so they can have a Christian theocracy. They will never get away with it. However they did get some of their stupidity into our government. We have worthless preachers who pray to the Magic Man at the opening ceremonies of Congress. The stupid, it burns.
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