The Myth of Separation Between Church & State [Paperback]

Dee Wampler (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Winepress Publishing (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579216234
• ISBN-13: 978-1579216238
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,754,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tired and previously debunked arguments that have no basis in reality and reflect only the author's obvious bias., March 17, 2009

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J. Jordan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Myth of Separation Between Church & State (Paperback)

True, the words "separation of church and state" do not appear on the Constitution, but neither do the words "right to a fair trial." The concept is certainly expressed though, and so is that of the establishment clause.

Read the personal writings and speeches of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and other founding fathers. It becomes overwhelmingly apparent that not only did they NOT seek to establish a "Christian nation," they actively and fervently sought to found a government in which religion would not interfere with fairness and civil law.

Imagine that the average televangelist was an emperor for the U.S. and you will understand the fundamentalist dream- a nightmare for anyone who doesn't adhere to their superstitions. Don't support biased and badly supported half truths and weak arguments like these by buying this ridiculous tome. Read something of substance instead- like maybe the Constitution itself. It's available for free all over the web. In particular, read up on "Everson vs. Board of Education, 1947." Much more enlightening than this claptrap.

Lots of people have differing opinions on that they have thought (or wished) the 1st Amendment meant. But why theorize on what the actual founding fathers meant when you can just read their stated opinions for yourself? The principle authors of the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. See what they thought on the subject:

These first two are Jefferson:

"Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the `wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society."

"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes."

And these two are Madison:

"And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion & Govt will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together."

"The civil Government, though bereft of everything like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete success, whilst the number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people, have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the State"

Case closed.

18 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Illumination of the Truth, June 10, 2004

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John Charles Walker "John" (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Myth of Separation Between Church & State (Paperback)

Despite the best efforts by Satan and the spiritual forces that rebel against God, "His truth is marching on."

Dee Wampler does an outstanding job in presenting the truth, not only from his own words, but from the actual words of the leaders that formed the Constitution and this nation. The apostasy that the establishment clause provides for a separation of church and state, particularly at the state and local level, cannot be extrapolated by either the stated wording of the amendment or the intent of the framers. The attack on this "Christian nation" is an agenda set by godless activist judges who have, in fact, unconstitutionally exceeded the authority granted to them and stripped the American people of their legislative liberty.

Wampler's work should sit prominently in the libraries of all genuine patriots.