Does god exist?

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> If you were more familiar with the Bible and the Constitution, you'd know better.

I'm not a biblical scholar, but I think I have a good working knowledge of the Constitution, and I understand the Christianity was (and is) a part of the culture. It shows up in literature all the time; you'll notice the symbolism if you're somewhat familiar with the scriptures.

But the point made by the Constitution (in its lack of direct reference to God or Jesus), and by the Bill of Rights (in it's protection of the federal government and religion from each other) is pretty clear. While the Supreme Court thinks the "In God we trust" motto is OK, as well as "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, they still subscribe to in the "wall of separation" idea.

So, instead of telling us we're ignorant, would you like to fill up in on the biblical influences on the Construction?

At the risk of making an incredibly long post, I'll see if I can find a few references for you. Right off the bat, you can take a look yourself at a lot of the speaches made by George Washington. They were full of direct references.

George Washington's political speeches (yes, he was a politician) are not the Constution. And compared to current politicians, George Washington did not invoke Jesus much (did he even do it more than once?).In reply to:"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth."-- Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Paine did not have much nice to say about Christianity.See this for some quotes.The Founding Fathers Were Not Christians

Steve, I think the mods should change your title to 'Almighty Cod'.

Cause I'm fishing for a discussion?And so it shall pass, he will appear garbed in Cod. He will be known by his Cod Cape.

Like all things on earth, God exists as an agreement of at least 2bn people that he exists. In a way a spoon exists as a spoon. We all agree on the shape of a spoon, and what its being used for. It's a social construction. Things become real when ppl agree on them being there. And so is God.

Is this confounding connotation with denotation, intension with extension, the signified with the referent? (See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intension )

Urk, I hope I didn't break the forums. :(

every religion people has different opinion

Reading through this thread refreshes my memory of active posters like SteveA and Thor. You could always get an argument out of one of them.