Dear Editor,
This country has been known here and throughout the world as a Christian nation. On recent a survey 75 to 76 percent of our people stated they believe the United States is a Christian nation.
Go back to our Founding Fathers and see what their beliefs were and understand that the First Amendment says the government shall not make any laws regarding the establishment of religion. The Founding Fathers did not want any laws stating you must be a member of any religious group. That still stands.
The government need not sponsor the display of religious significance but must not prohibit it. And, as a veteran, I do hold dear the fact you can voice your opinion openly and display whatever you want as long as it is done in a tastefully accepted legal manner.
Take the opportunity and pull the pictures of the east entrance to the Supreme Court and look above the pillars. What were they thinking? Could that be where our laws came from?
Regarding the pledge, it was changed during a time of widespread hysteria to separate us from a godless nation. I would not call it hysteria when we’re dealing with a threat of Communism. But it does show what happens in a godless nation.
It is commonly known what went on in the times of Constantine, and it is also not news that Jesus was not born around December. There are a multiple of things like the tree, gifts and other traditions that are associated with Dec. 25. But this is still a time for Christians to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, so whatever the date it’s OK with me.
Using the Bible as a reference is good, but you may want to read some of the works of Elavius Josephus, a great historian born in 37 or 38 A.D. I have a four-volume set of his works.
Prayer has not been totally banned, but prayer and the Bible along with other Christian beliefs are being pushed aside.
We need to ask ourselves are we as a society getting better? My goal in writing was not to try to convince anyone of anything, but I would hope everyone would see what is happening in our world.
Erwin Boggs, Gilroy
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