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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Secondly, this does not make an establishment of religion, it makes no direct reference to any diety, only furthers the notion of Nature's God and the Masonic rite that heavily influenced the founding of our country (if you look at the great seal, about 1/2 inch to the left of IN GOD WE TRUST, you will see what I mean).
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Originally Posted by Exodus
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.
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Here's a small
list of polytheistic categories.
So it's safe to say that there are two types of religion: Monotheistic, and polytheistic. To say "In God We Trust" is to assume that there is but one God, or at least one head honcho at the top of the deity food chain.
Even if you arbitrarily take away the notion of separation of church and state, you still have the first amendment declaring one thing and congress decreeing another.
I
am confused on one point, though, if anyone can help me out. The first amendment says "Congress shall make no law," and the 1956 motto was enacted by an "act of Congress." Does the one cover the other or are laws and acts different?