The First Ammendment........part 1
Posted 03-05-2008 at 09:28 AM by rev-arb
Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
a. Freedom of religion
I believe that these lines are the center to the whole document. Most of those who came to the Americas came to be aways from the church/state that they were under before. Therefore it was important to create a state/nation where a plurality of faiths could be existent. During the reign of the England they had been controlled by Rome /Catholicism and by the King/Church of England. This was corrupt on both accounts. Later immigrants came to the US for the same reason...to be free from the church/state that controled what to believe and to say.
The irony is that the very protestant reformation turned into the thing that they were reforming from. America is unique in that we do not have single majority faith. Many may be Christians but there is still the freedom for individual doctrine. Simply the 1st Amendment states that there can be no formal or state sanctioned faith. It is left to the individuals. Therefore it is essential for the individual to have the positive influence on the nation and government.
a. Freedom of religion
I believe that these lines are the center to the whole document. Most of those who came to the Americas came to be aways from the church/state that they were under before. Therefore it was important to create a state/nation where a plurality of faiths could be existent. During the reign of the England they had been controlled by Rome /Catholicism and by the King/Church of England. This was corrupt on both accounts. Later immigrants came to the US for the same reason...to be free from the church/state that controled what to believe and to say.
The irony is that the very protestant reformation turned into the thing that they were reforming from. America is unique in that we do not have single majority faith. Many may be Christians but there is still the freedom for individual doctrine. Simply the 1st Amendment states that there can be no formal or state sanctioned faith. It is left to the individuals. Therefore it is essential for the individual to have the positive influence on the nation and government.
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