If you want to split hairs, I’ll grant you all the trivia you can dig up & quote. Their concept of one God was based on the Bible, as are their principles of justice, and giving people the freedom to act autonomously but only within acceptable boundaries without harming others.
Deism is still opposite atheism, which is attempting to stamp out the notion or mention of God, and wants to destroy even those principles by which we once successfully lived in order to destroy all traces.
Say anything you like, the proof is in the downward spiral of society & it boggles me that people can think that either nothing’s happening or that this is “progress.”
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Obviously you know nothing about atheism, what it means and what it stands for. Go out and learn the truth about it, then report back, instead of spouting out lies and halftruths.

This whole thing has truly gone too far.

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So contributing money to an equally corrupt and deceitful NCAA system which covers up cheating, sex scandals and recruiting violations trumps a guy just talking about faith on Easter Sunday (virtually ignored by most people other than the odd Easter egg hunt for kids?)

A dolt practices faith with his fellow christians?

Shows how bright this guy is. “One Nation Under God” isn’t anywhere in our nations founding documents. Its in the Pledge of Allegiance. And it wasn’t added to that until the 1950s. Moron.

Stick to the football, Timmy.

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God isn’t mentioned, but come on; “All men are created equal” You swear on a Bible when you are in a court case, all public officials swear an oath as well.

Its clear there is a separation of church and state, but clearly the founders intended God’s law rule man in the manner of equality for all.

Why people play these games with semantics is beyond me. Isn’t it obvious with the wars, misery, racism, poverty and hopelessness that Tebow is suggesting a return to a better way of belief and living..why is that so hard for people to understand?

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Pal, the minute the Knicks win in an NBA Final, you’ll be the first one praising God.

Couldn’t agree more. I hate it when sports stars, musicians, actors etc. spout off on politics. I don’t think I was ever saying to deny him his right for free speech. I may disagree with what he has to say but I will defend his right to say it.

I don’t like it when religious bigots and limousine liberals crossover into politics, but it’s something I have to live with given the freedom this country offers to EVERY citizen.

Whether we like it or not, that’s the way it goes.

If people can deny someone of faith (Tebow) talking about politics, they can deny anyone and that my friend comprises a good chunk of this planet.

I thank God for the freedoms we have in this country…

For the record, I don’t hate Tebow. Quite the opposite. I don’t think he is a very good quarterback but as a man, he is top-notch. His charitable givings are something that more people with money and/or power should strive to emulate.

My only beef is with the crossover from his religious views into politics. That is something that I believe is dividing this country in half and worthy of having a ‘kanipshin’ fit over.

Bwahahahaaaaa…Yep, “One nation under Zeus…”

That’s exactly what they meant…and the Bible and Judeo-Christian God had nothing to do with the founding of this nation….zip, zero, nada…you
are right…excuse me for intruding on your version of reality….

Amazing what they are teaching in public schools these days…

But please, people take 1 sentence (1 freaking sentence) from a speech and have kanipshin fit and then try to deny the religious heritage of this country (Deists versus Christian versus whatever – who the freak cares). My goodness.

I think we all need to take a deep breath and lighten up a bit…but for whatever , people either love Tebow or hate him. And those that hate him, will take the smallest of crumb and make it sound like the end of the world…

“Tebow said ‘One nation under God’ and that didn’t happen till the 20 century…whaa…whaa.” Please, this is just rediculous …

Yawn, we’ve gone over this, they were deists, and the mention of a creator and a god doesn’t infer Christianity. It could mean Zeus if the reader wanted it to. Logic never is a strong suit for most theists, I suppose. The United States is not a Christian nation, this is not an opinion, this is a fact.

You are aware that the Declaration of Independence has no bearing on the laws of this country, right? It was a letter…declaring our independence.

Nobody has claimed the founding fathers were atheists. Most have rightly pointed out that they were deists. There is a big difference.

And the reason they put Freedom of Religion FIRST is because it was most important to them. To guarantee that each citizen could practice whatever religion they wanted to and for the government to not make a stand for OR against any religion.

The reason most people take issue with what Tebow said is that his notion that ‘One Nation Under God’ was the basis of this country has no basis in factual evidence.

Why is that hard to understand?

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s GOD entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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…”

Hmmmm…I guess the guys that wrote this just flippantly used GOD and CREATOR. And in the 1st amendment to the Constitution do you notice they put religious freedom FIRST, ahead of freedom of speech…HMMM…I wonder why? Oh that’s right, they were all athiests so they probably threw a bone to the ‘religious right’ of their day…give me a break…

Jeeesh…all this hysteria because Tim Teebow talks about Jesus on EASTER? Are you serious?

If any feel they are not allowed to do this, I would like to know.

Now, the fact that this country is now not run by great Christian men, well how is that working out for us? I know our Founders gave us a great shove off, but that can’t carry us forever…

Especially when we actively seek to destroy these foundations.

1. ‘In God We Trust’ was NOT the motto or slogan of the country until the 50′s. It was not on the money until President Lincoln’s treasury secretary added it during the Civil War.

2. ‘One Nation Under God’ was NOT in the original pledge of allegiance. It was added during the 50′s.

3. Other than NO/NONE/ZERO mention of religion in the Constitution, the biggest and most glaring point as to the feelings of our founding fathers comes from the ‘Treaty of Tripoli’ which was signed into law June 10, 1797.
Article 11 states:
‘As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.’
This was unanimously ratified by congress and signed into law (the constitution states that Treaties are to be considered the Supreme Law of the land) by President John Adams.

I respect everyone’s opinions. If you can convince me, I am open to it. But just saying “you have to have faith” doesn’t work. Everyone has faith, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, etc.

In the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli it was written that the United States was “not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” The founding fathers were mostly deists. They believed in a creator of the universe, but not the Christian version of this God. The whole purpose of the first amendment was to make sure that the United States government never claimed an official religion the way Britain had. The only real “devoutly religious” founding father was John Jay.

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Then why is there no mention of GOD in the Constitution? The religious kooks can’t seem to answer that one.

Also, you all need to stop talking history b/c it is MORE than obvious that none of you has read anything credible or scholarly on the period in question. I mean whoever claimed they were devoutly religious is hopeful thinking. As for the jackwagon who sais they wanted to completely separate religion and gov’t, you are a boob. My advice is to read and not get your info from the History Channel. Better yet leave the history to the historians.

Please inquire about reading comprehension classes so that you might improve your understanding of the written and spoken word.