Freedom of Religion by Individual Choice - Carpenter-Vascik, Sarah
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We often hear that America's Founding Fathers were deeply religious, but were they really? Was America meant to have a state sponsored religion, or did they believe that all Americans have the right to worship and observe and practice their religion their way. The Founding Fathers were from a time when many European Countries had state or national religions and as these men observed and learned about the conditions that citizens lived under, they came away with a deep understanding of what it meant as they set out to build a new country from the ground up. This work looks closely at what these…mehr

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We often hear that America's Founding Fathers were deeply religious, but were they really? Was America meant to have a state sponsored religion, or did they believe that all Americans have the right to worship and observe and practice their religion their way. The Founding Fathers were from a time when many European Countries had state or national religions and as these men observed and learned about the conditions that citizens lived under, they came away with a deep understanding of what it meant as they set out to build a new country from the ground up. This work looks closely at what these men thought and said about organized religion by making use of letters, papers and documents written in their own hand, to help the reader better understand why the country was founded without a national religion.
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Reverend Sarah Carpenter was ordained in 1996 with a Bachelor's Degree in Religion and Philosophy, received a Masters Degree in Biblical Studies in 2000 and was awarded a Doctorate in New Testament Studies in 2006. She was awarded a Doctor of Divinity for her advocacy work in 2017. Her study of theology was in addition to her 35 year in career in Clinical Engineering, retired in 2012 and is living in Pennsylvania. Rev. Carpenter is a firm supporter of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution calling for the separation of church and state that became part of the Constitution in December 15. 1791.