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The Purpose Of The Bill Of Rights

Tennyson said:
I guess you will provide the historical evidence that does not exist.
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Those guys were so forgetful. Not one mention of christianity in the constitution or the DOI. LOL
 
DebateChallenge said:
Oh I do, and I know that while it can apply to the rest of the Constitution it does not apply to the Bill Of Rights.
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By all means, do so us the SCOTUS decision or piece of legislation that gives veracity to the "red" assertion.
 
vegas giants said:
Those guys were so forgetful. Not one mention of christianity in the constitution or the DOI. LOL
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Why would Christianity be mentioned in a document of federal powers? The language in the Declaration of Independence referenced the Christian God.
 
Tennyson said:
Why would Christianity be mentioned in a document of federal powers? The language in the Declaration of Independence referenced the Christian God.
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Christanity was never mentioned in either document because it carries no more weight than any other religion
 
vegas giants said:
Christanity was never mentioned in either document because it carries no more weight than any other religion
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All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
 
Tennyson said:
All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
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Not a single mention of christanity. Not one.
 
vegas giants said:
Not a single mention of christanity. Not one.
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All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
 
Tennyson said:
All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
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Not a single one mention the christian god. I guess they just forgot.

I have this copied in case I need to paste it again
 
Howard the Duck said:
Is the declaration law? Nope. Is Abraham's God any different than Muhammad's? Nope.
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I did not claim the Declaration of Independence was law. I was only addressing your inaccurate history.
 
vegas giants said:
Not a single one mention the christian god. I guess they just forgot.

I have this copied in case I need to paste it again
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All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
 
Tennyson said:
All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
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Not a single one mention the christian god. I guess they just forgot.
 
vegas giants said:
Not a single one mention the christian god. I guess they just forgot.
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All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
 
Tennyson said:
All five references to God in the Declaration of Independence were references to the Christian God of the Bible.
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Not a single one mention the christian god. I guess they just forgot. Lol
 
Tennyson said:
The first ten amendments were not changes to the Constitution. They are only restrictions and rules of construction.
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Exactly. That's why it would perhaps be more accurate to call it the Bill Of Restrictions rather than the Bill Of Rights, since its restrictions on the government.
 
Howard the Duck said:
Nonsense. For example, if I could get 3/4 of the states to ratify it we could eliminate the second amendment in its entirety tomorrow.
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So lets say they were to eliminate the first amendment and now you can't vote, is that what you would want?
 
DebateChallenge said:
Exactly. That's why it would perhaps be more accurate to call it the Bill Of Restrictions rather than the Bill Of Rights, since its restrictions on the government.
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I agree. The preamble:

THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution.​
 
JimHackerMP said:
Also, in the UK, only THREE of the original 100+ clauses of the Magna Carta are still in force. Were you aware of that? Not much to build on is it?

About my "ad populum" fallacy by the way, there are likely good reasons why most countries do have written constitutions. Your largest neighbor has one. And, I might point out, it borrows features from ours.
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Which is why britain now has an unwritten constitution instead of the magna carta. But they cannot create a written constitution without first riding themselves of the magna cartsa. Which they have not done, hence the unwritten one.
Some counties might have good reasons. The fact that you fail to point out any but instead can only give a fallacious argument of the many do so it must be ok is far more telling as a fail.

Well, thank you for the suggestion, we'll keep it in mind. Fortunately, most Americans wouldn't be idiotic enough to agree with you.
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And yet look at the op. Many americans would agree that the constitution is a work of god. So i would not be so hasty as to down play what american stupidity can achieve.
 
Howard the Duck said:
What I want isn't relevant to this discussion. The fact is anything in the constitution is subject to removal via article 5.
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Repealed...not removed. Amendments to the US Constitution can't be removed, they can only be "repealed" through the process of passing an additional amendment declaring them so. IE: Amendment 18 was repealed by Amendment 21.
 
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