Where is "Jesus" in the Constitution? "Year of our Lord" was an English translation of "Anno Domini" which was commonly used in legal documents to express the year. And "Lord" was also a common reference to God the Father in the Yahwist tradition.
So "one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven
year of our Lord is referring to the time since the Burning bush or something?
Well what about the part where it exempts the President from having to work on Sunday? I could be mistaken, but I think the Jewish sabbath was still Saturday even back in 1787.
So it's a stretch to say "Jesus" is in the Constitution.
It was the verbiage on virtually all legal documents at that time, and for nearly 200 years afterwards. It illustrates just how ingrained into the culture was this dominance of the Christian religion.
No, it's not a stretch at all. They were deliberately referring to Jesus as "Our Lord." It was an official act, meant to convey the notion that Government was of a lesser power than that of God; A belief that was dominant in all European derived governments of that era.
Modern people find this truth embarrassing, because it doesn't let them hide behind "Politically Correct" views which have become popular in the last half century. People think it's "Unfair" to acknowledge the Christian religion was dominant in the formation and inherent condition of the national government.
Our system is based on freedom of religion and always has been. And, since our government is not based on the practice of a particular religious faith, it is a secular form of government.
I criticized a man yesterday for posting something which was inaccurate and lacking in precision, and this statement is exactly that. It glosses completely over the true state of affairs, and jumps right to the unsupportable conclusion that the government was intended to be secular at it's inception.
No, the Nation was initially built as a confederation of independent states, about seven of which still maintained official
*STATE* religions at the time, with compulsory tithing and such enforced by the state governments.
The intention of the US Constitution was to reassure diverse States with differing state religions that no
DENOMINATION would be recognized as the official state religion of the US. It was never intended to go so far as to suggest the national government would not be Christian, that was an assumed given for the time period.
It was a necessary assurance created to prevent the blowing up of the coalition thru denominational disputes.