A cultural war is being waged in America against the Bible using a misinterpretation of the concept of “Separation of Church and State.”  The misinterpretation lies in the fact that the Bible is not a church or a religion.  The Bible is a historical record of God reaching out to us to give us “peace on earth and good will to men,” and other benefits.  The Old Testament records the history of God reaching out through Abraham, and promising to bless the world through his lineage.  The Bible informs us that this was accomplished through the birth of Christ, through whom we receive forgiveness for our sins by his substitutionary death on the cross.  The New Testament records the ministry of Jesus Christ, his death, burial and resurrection, and the early history of how He and God reach out to the world through the earliest Christian disciples and churches. 

Religions and their “churches,” mosques, temples etc...are institutions organized around expressing worship based upon the interpretation of historical writings, like the Bible. The phrase “separation of church and state” is being misused to ban the Bible. "Separation of church and state" is common usage for the phrase "wall of separation between the church and the state" which Thomas Jefferson originally penned in a letter to the Baptist Association at Danbury, Connecticut on January 1, 1802. His purpose was to assure them that the American Constitution establishes a wall to protect them from the government favoring one religion or Christian sect or denomination over another, to their detriment.  Founding Father’s like Jefferson and Madison intended to keep the state from manipulating religion for political purposes.  It was not designed to keep Biblical values from influencing matters of the state and public life.  

Many journalists, educators and social scientists have thrown out objectively reporting information to espouse opinions that support the writers’ views. They are particularly invested in denigrating America’s Founding Fathers.  

Most material passed off as educational about the “scandalous” lives of America’s Founding Fathers is built on innuendo and conjecture from vague and dubious sources, and is the shoddy wishful thinking and prevarication on behalf of those, who desire to recast the Founding Fathers after their own perverted ideals.  Such is the case with One Nation Under Sex, by pornographer, Larry Flint. But don’t waste your money on it; read the reviews on Amazon.  

America’s Founding Fathers were not perfect, but they did know right from wrong. They established a government system based upon the the Ten Commandments as the code of ethics, under which people should self-govern to participate in a  Constitutional Republic where everyone from the president, government and law enforcement officials, to corporate executives and working class people, to teenagers and youths are expected to obey the same laws.  

If indeed the Founding Fathers were as bad as today’s pundits say they were, then they had enough decency not to parade in public what they knew are sins. This is why their alleged behaviors (most of which did not take place) is said to have been so well hidden. If these made up stories (like those about Shakespeare’s homosexuality) were true, the fact that the Founding Fathers hid them is an acknowledgment that they knew they were wrong. Just as most people today still consider them wrong and know we should not be doing them.  

People want to disparage the Founding Fathers so they can discourage people from listening to what they really had to say, especially what they clearly stated in the U.S. Constitution.  

The purpose of the process of American citizenship is to acclimate people to the American value system that underlies the behaviors that have led to the social stability that allows us to pursue the life, liberty and happiness that has generated our prosperity.  When people are willing to violate our American laws by coming here illegally, they show a disregard for the value system that underlies them.  People act on their values.  The danger of illegal immigration is that it provides for people who perhaps have lawless values to be amongst us.  

If everyone obeys the traffic lights there are fewer accidents. If everyone in America follows American law, and the values of how the culture works, then there are fewer social mishaps like crimes.   

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) web site, states its new naturalization test places “an emphasis on the fundamental concepts of American democracy and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, will help encourage citizenship applicants to learn and identify with the basic values we all share as Americans.”  (Brochure “Pathway To U.S. Citizenship M-685 (rev. 04/09), page 1) 

There are 100 questions on the civic portion of the test.  The answer to question number 53 is citizens promise to “defend the Constitution and laws of the United States.”  What is a person promising to defend when he/she enters the U.S. illegally?  Such a person is less likely to learn anything about the U.S. Constitution, which makes our way of life possible. 

Some say they don’t want to call any person “illegal,” yet America is a Constitutional Republic, meaning everyone from the President to minimum wage workers must follow the “law.”  The process of citizenship explains the values that matter most to the stability and perpetuation of America.