5. “I know no way of
judging the future
but by the past.”
Patrick Henry
Member of the Continental Congress
“Give me liberty or give me death”
Governor of Virginia
Secretary of State under
Pres. George Washington
4
6. “History, by
apprizing
them of the
past, will
enable them
to judge of
the future.”
President Thomas Jefferson
5
7. “History is
God’s
providence in
human affairs.”
Daniel Webster
6
15. What was the second
best selling book in
American colonies?
(the Bible was number one)
Five million copies
existed in America
(there were only four million
people in America in 1776)
17
19. National Education
Association (NEA)
“. . . if the study of the Bible is to be
excluded from all state schools; if the
inculcation of the principles of Christianity
is to have no place in the daily program; if
the worship of God is to form no part of the
general exercise of these public elementary
schools; then the good of the state would
be better served by restoring all schools to
church control.”
1892
25. Gouverneur Morris
“Religion is the only solid basis of good
morals; therefore education should teach
the precepts of religion, and the duties of
man towards God.”
Life of Gouverneur Morris, Vol III
30
26. Samuel Adams
“Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots,
unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing
the minds of men with the importance of educating their
little boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth
the fear and love of Deity . . . In short of leading them in
the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the
Christian religion.”
Letter to John Adams, October 4, 1790
31
27. Benjamin Rush
“[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic
is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue,
and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is
the object and life of all republican governments. Without
religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the
morals and principles of mankind.”
David Barton’s “Original Intent,” p.153
32
28. Harvard’s Rules
& Precepts ~ 1636
“Let every student be plainly instructed
and earnestly pressed to consider well
the main end of his life and studies is to
know God and Jesus Christ which is
eternal life (John 17.3) and therefore to
lay Christ in the bottom as the only
foundation of all sound knowledge and
learning.”
29
30. Article 3d, Religion, morality, and
knowledge, being necessary to good
government and the happiness of
mankind, schools and the means of
education shall forever be
encouraged . . .
July 13, 1787
35
31. 1858 Kansas Constitution
Religion, morality, and
knowledge, however, being
essential to good government,
it shall be the duty of the
legislature to make suitable
provisions . . . for the
encouragement of schools and
the means of instruction.
29
32. The Architect of Modern
Education
“…faith in the prayer-hearing
God is an unproved and
outmoded faith. There is no God
and there is no soul. Hence,
there are no needs for the props
of traditional religion. With
dogma and creed excluded,
then immutable truth is also
dead and buried. There is no
room for fixed natural law or
moral absolutes.”
John Dewey
Nash, “The Closing of the American Heart” 30
34. The Danger of Forgetting our
Heritage
“A nation which does not
remember what it was
yesterday, does not know
what it is today, nor what
it is trying to do. We are
trying to do a futile thing
if we do not know where
we came from or what we
have been about.”
President Woodrow Wilson
32
36. Article VII
“ . . . DONE in convention by the
unanimous consent of the States
present the seventeenth day of
September in the Year of our
Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty seven, and
of the independence of the
United States of America the
twelfth.”
45
37. “We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty, and the
pursuit of Happiness . . . appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the
World, for the rectitude of our
intentions . . .”
46
38. “And for the support of this
Declaration, with a firm
reliance on the protection of
Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge to each
other our Lives, our
Fortunes, and our sacred
Honor.”
47
39. “They are endowed by
their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness . . .”
48
40. Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
“ In the name of God, Amen. We
whose names are
underwritten. . . having
undertaken, for the glorie of God,
and advancemente of the
Christian faith . . . a voyage to
plant the first colony . . .”
50
41. Constitution of the
New England Confederation
May 19 th , 1643
“ Whereas we all came to these parts
of America with the same end and
aim, namely to advance the
kingdome of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to injoy the liberties of the
Gospell there of with purities and
peace, and for perserving and
propagating the truth and liberties of
the gospell . . .” 51
42. Engel v. Vitale,
1962
“ Almighty God, we acknowledge
our dependence upon Thee,
And we beg Thy blessings upon
us,
our parents, our teachers and
our Country.”
52
43. Engel v. Vitale,
1962
In striking down this prayer,
the Court explained that:
“ [A] union of government and
religion tends to destroy
government and to degrade
religion.”
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44. “ God save the
United States
and this
Honorable
Court!"
54
45. “ [T]rue religion affords to government its
surest support.”
President George Washington
[R]eligion and virtue are the only
foundations . . . of republicanism and of
all free governments.
John Adams
[The] liberty to worship our Creator in the way
we think most agreeable to His will [is] a liberty
deemed in other countries incompatible with
good government and yet proved by our
experience to be its best support.
Thomas Jefferson
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49. “Human law must rest its authority
ultimately upon the authority of that
law which is divine. . . . Far from
being rivals or enemies, religion
and law are twin sisters, friends,
and mutual assistants. Indeed,
these two sciences run into each
other . . .”
50. “ No people can be bound
to acknowledge and
adore the invisible Hand
which conducts the affairs
of men more than the
people of the United
States. . . . We ought to
be no less persuaded that
the propitious [favorable]
smiles of Heaven can
never be expected on a
nation which disregards
the eternal rules of order
George and right which Heaven
Washington itself ordained.”
United States President
51. “ Before any man can be
considered as a member of
civil society, he must be
considered as a subject of
the Governor of the
Universe. And to the same
Divine Author of every good
and perfect gift [James
1:17] we are indebted for
all those privileges and
advantages, religious as
well as civil, which are so
richly enjoyed in this
James Madison favored land.”
Signer of the Constitution
Fourth President of the United States
1809-1817
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59. “And can the liberties of a
nation be thought secure
when we have removed their
only firm basis, a conviction
in the minds of the people
that these liberties are the
gift of God? That they are
not to be violated but with
His wrath? Indeed, I
tremble for my country when
I reflect that God is just; that
His justice cannot sleep
Thomas Jefferson
Signer of the Declaration forever.”
Third President of the United States
1801-1809
57
60. “Whether this [new government]
will prove a blessing or a curse
will depend upon the use our
people make of the blessings
which a gracious God hath
bestowed on us. If they are wise,
they will be great and happy. If
they are of a contrary character,
they will be miserable.
Righteousness alone can exalt
them as a nation [Proverbs
14:34]. Reader! Whoever thou
art, remember this, and in thy
Patrick Henry sphere practice virtue thyself and
Member of the Continental Congress
“Give me liberty or give me death” encourage it in others.”
Governor of Virginia
Secretary of State under
Pres. George Washington
61. Declaration of
Independence
Constitutional Convention
Founded 1st Anti-Slavery
Society
Benjamin Franklin
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62. The religious nature of the
Founding Fathers
Continental Congress
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Declaration of Independence
63. “Mr. President:
. . . In the beginning of the contest with Great
Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had
daily prayer in this room for the Divine protection.
Our prayers, sir, were heard, and they were
graciously answered. All of us who were engaged
in the struggle must have observed frequent
instances of a superintending Providence in our
favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy
opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of
establishing our future national felicity. And have
we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we
imagine we no longer need His assistance?”
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64. “I have lived, sir, a long time, and the
longer I live, the more convincing proofs
I see of this truth—that God governs in
the affairs of men. And if a sparrow
cannot fall to the ground without His
notice, is it probable that an empire can
rise without His aid? . . .”
Benjamin Franklin
Signer of the Constitution
79
65. Alexis de Tocqueville
1805-1859
“The Americans combine the notions of
Christianity and of liberty so intimately in
their minds that it is impossible to make
them conceive the one without the other.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, “Democracy in America”
81
66. Alexis de Tocqueville
1805-1859
“Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of
the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and
the longer I stayed there, the more did I perceive the great
political consequences resulting from this state of things to
which I was unaccustomed. In France I had almost always
seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching
in pursuing courses diametrically opposed to each other; but
in America, I found they were intimately united and they
reigned in common over the same country.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, “Democracy in America”
82
68. Our Founding Fathers Helped
Organize and Lead. . .
American Tract Society
American Sunday School Union
Over 100 city, county, and state Bible societies
American Bible Society
American Board of Foreign Missions
Christian Constitutional Society
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
American Society for Educating Pious Youth
for the Gospel Ministry
and many other similar groups . . .
84
69. Historical Evidence
“Resolved , That a joint committee of both Houses be
directed to wait upon the President of the United States to
request that he would recommend to the people of the
United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to
be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the
many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by
affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a
Constitution of government for their safety and happiness
. . .”
September 25, 1789
70. This request was made…
The same day that
Congress approved the
final wording of the First
Amendment.
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71. Congress Request
July 7, 1777
“[T]hat the use of the Bible is so universal,
and its importance so great . . . your
Committee recommend that Congress will
order the Committee of Commerce to
import 20,000 Bibles from Holland,
Scotland, or elsewhere, into the different
ports of the States of the Union.”
87
72. “Whereupon, Resolved , That
the United States in
Congress assembled . . .
recommend this edition of
the Bible to the inhabitants of
the United States.”
88
78. First Amendment
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment
of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof . . .
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79. October 7 , 1801
th
Danbury Baptist wrote
Thomas Jefferson
They were concerned that
“free exercise of religion”
appeared in the First
Amendment. 98
81. October 7 , 1801
th
Danbury Baptist wrote
Thomas Jefferson
“ They believed that
freedom of religion was a
God-granted, unalienable
right, and that government
should be . . . 100
82. October 7 , 1801
th
Danbury Baptist wrote
Thomas Jefferson
… powerless to restrict
religious activities unless
those activities caused
someone to “work ill to his
neighbor.” 101
84. “Gentlemen,—The affectionate
sentiments of esteem and approbation
which you are so good as to express
towards me on behalf of the Danbury
Baptist Association give me the
highest satisfaction. . . . Believing with
you that religion is a matter which lies
solely between man and his God; that
he owes account to none other for his
faith or his worship; . . .
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85. “. . . that the legislative powers of
government reach actions only and
not opinions, I contemplate with
sovereign reverence that act of the
whole American people which
declared that their legislature should
“make no law respecting an
establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof,”
thus building a wall of separation
between Church and State.”
105
105
86. First Amendment
______________
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof . . .
107
87. House Judiciary Committee
Report
March 27, 1854
______________
“Had the people (Founding Fathers), during
the Revolution, a suspicion of any attempt
to war against Christianity, that Revolution
would have been strangled in its cradle . . .
At the time of the . . .
109
88. House Judiciary Committee
Report
March 27, 1854
______________
…adoption of the Constitution and its
amendments, the universal sentiment was
that Christianity should be encouraged, but
not any one sect [denomination].”
110
89. House Judiciary Committee
Report
March 27, 1854
______________
The report continued: “In this age, there is
no substitute for Christianity . . . That was
the religion of the founders of the republic
and they expected it to remain the religion
of their descendents.”
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90. House Judiciary Committee
Report
Two Months Later
______________
“The great vital and conservative element in
our system [the thing that holds our system
together] is the belief of our people in the
pure doctrines and the divine truths of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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91. First Amendment
______________
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof . . .
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95. Everson v. Board of Education
when the Court announced:
“The First Amendment has erected a wall
between church and state. That wall must
be kept high and impregnable. We could
not approve the slightest breach.”
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97. The Court has now declared many
American customs and traditions
unconstitutional.
It is unconstitutional for a war
memorial to be erected in the
shape of a cross. LOWE v. CITY OF EUGENE, 1969
It is unconstitutional for a public
cemetery to have a planter in the
shape of a cross, for if someone were
to view that cross, it could cause
“emotional distress” and thus
constitute an “injury-in-fact.” WARSAW v. TEHACHAPI,
1990 121
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99. A verbal prayer offered in a school is
unconstitutional, even if that prayer
is
both voluntary and denominationally
neutral. ENGEL v. VITALE, 1962; ABINGTON v. SCHEMPP, 1963; COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION v.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF LEYDEN, 1971
Pennsylvania law on Bible reading in
public schools violated the 1st
Amendment provision against laws
“respecting an establishment of
religion.” Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U. S. 203 (1963)
100. It is unconstitutional for a classroom
library to contain books which deal with
Christianity, or for a teacher to be seen
with a personal copy of the Bible at
school. ROBERTS v. MADIGAN, 1990 21
It is unconstitutional for a
kindergarten class to ask whose
birthday is celebrated by Christmas.
FLOREY v. SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, 1979 29
A verbal prayer offered in a school is
unconstitutional, even if that prayer
is
both voluntary and denominationally
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neutral.
101. Freedoms of speech and press
are guaranteed to students and
teachers—unless the topic is
religious, at which time such
speech becomes unconstitutional.
STEIN v. OSHINSKY, 1965; COLLINS v. CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST., 1981; BISHOP v. ARONOV, 1991; DURAN v.
NITSCHE, 1991
If a student prays over his lunch, it
is unconstitutional for him to pray
aloud. REED v. VAN HOVEN, 1965
102. Jane Doe v. Santa Fe Independent
School District, 1999
“The Court will allow that prayer to be a typical
nondenominational prayer, which can refer to
God or Almighty or that sort of thing. The
prayer must not refer to . . . Jesus . . . or anyone
else. And make no mistake, the Court is going
to have a U. S. Marshall in attendance at the
graduation. If any student offends this Court,
that student will be summarily arrested and will
face up to six months incarceration in the
Galveston County Jail for contempt of Court . . .
Anybody who violates these orders, no kidding,
is going to wish that he or she had died as a
child when this Court gets through with it.”
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103. Chief Justice William
Rehnquist
“ But the greatest injury of the “wall” notion is
its mischievous diversion of judges from the
actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of
Rights. . . . The “wall of separation between
church and State” is a metaphor based on
bad history, a metaphor which has proved
useless as a guide to judging. It should be
frankly and explicitly abandoned.”
115. Rev 3:8 I know your deeds. See, I
have placed before you an open door
that no one can shut. I know that you
have little strength, yet you have kept
my word and have not denied my
name. 114
116. Be informed . . .
1.) WallBuilders - Website: http://www.wallbuilders.com/
2.) Focus on the Family – The Truth Project -- Website:
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/
3.) American Center for Law and Justice: Website:
Website: http://www.aclj.org/Default.aspx
4.) Pacific Justice Institute: Website: http://www.pacif
icjustice.org/
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123. President James Garfield
“Now more than ever before, the people are
responsible for the character of their Congress. If that
body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because
the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and
corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is
because the people demand these high qualities to
represent them in the national legislature. If the next
centennial does not find us a great nation, it will be
because those who represent the enterprise, the
culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in
controlling the political forums.”
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134. Chaplain Lee Shaw
Law Enforcement & Fire
Service Chaplaincy of Napa
California
(707) 257-7260
2558 Darroch Court
Napa, California
lee@napachaps.com
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