This came to me in an email from a distant relative. I do not know the true provenance nor even if it is accurate. But if it is, it is a very powerful argument against liberals who seek to drive every vestige of religion from government.
Somewhere along the way, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court have misinterpreted the U.S. Constitution. Otherwise all fifty states are wrong as shown by the fact that they all acknowledge God in their state constitutions:
Alabama 1901, Preamble. We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution...
Alaska 1956, Preamble. We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land...
Arizona 1911, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
Arkansas 1874, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...
California 1879, Preamble. We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...
Colorado 1876, Preamble. We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...
Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy...
Delaware 1897, Preamble. Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences...
Florida 1885, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Florida, grate ful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution...
Georgia 1777, Preamble. We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
Hawaii 1959, Preamble. We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance, establish this Constitution...
Idaho 1889, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings...
Illinois 1870, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors...
Indiana 1851, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to chose our form of government...
Iowa 1857, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings, establish this Constitution...
Kansas 1859, Preamble. We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges, establish this Constitution...
Kentucky 1891, Preamble. We, the people of the Commonwealth of grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...
Louisiana 1921, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy...
Maine 1820, Preamble. We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, and imploring His aid and direction...
Maryland 1776, Preamble. We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...
Massachusetts 1780, Preamble. We, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe, in the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction...
Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom establish this Constitution...
Minnesota, 1857, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings...
Mississippi 1890, Preamble. We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work...
Missouri 1845, Preamble. We, the people of Missouri, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness establish this Constitution...
Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty. establish this Constitution...
Nebraska 1875, Preamble. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, establish this Constitution...
Nevada 1864, Preamble. We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom establish this Constitution...
New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience...
New Jersey 1844, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors...
New Mexico 1911, Preamble. We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty...
New York 1846, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings...
North Carolina 1868, Preamble. We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those...
North Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...
Ohio 1852, Preamble. We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common...
Oklahoma 1907, Preamble. Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty, establish this...
Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I. Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences...
Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble. We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance...
Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...
South Carolina 1778, Preamble We, the people of he State of South Carolina. grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
South Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of South Dakota , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties, establish this...
Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
Texas 1845, Preamble. We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God...
Utah 1896, Preamble. Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution...
Vermont 1777, Preamble. Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man...
Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI . Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other...
Washington 1889, Preamble. We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
West Virginia 1872, Preamble. Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia, reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God.
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble. We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...
Wyoming 1890, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties, establish this Constitution...
After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, just maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong.
"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." --William Penn
If you find this thought provoking, send it to others, including all of your elected officials and especially to ALL your judges, local, state and federal.
I was recently thinking of an amazing quote - from what I cannot recall - the quote being: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
***Every time I think of that quote I hear Kevin Spacey deliver it in my head. Spacey of course delivered the quote in The Usual Suspects. I googled the quote because I was pretty sure the line was borrowed from literature. I came across this and decided to make it part of the post. The original quote is credited to a French poet.***
I like the quote because it makes so much sense. God created all things, thus the devil was created by God. God is all powerful, thus the devil can never defeat God. God and the Devil are diametrically opposed, but the devil cannot defeat God, so how can the devil do the most damage; create the most havoc, despair, and disruption? Simple. Convince man that he simply DOES NOT EXIST. If all mankind could definitively know that the devil truly does exist - and there could be no doubt of the devils existence - then likewise there could be no doubt as to the existence of God. There can be no devil without God so if the devil lets us know he exists, then we will also know that God exists. BUT if the devil convinces us that the devil does not exist, then instead of knowing that God exists we have to think/believe/have faith in God's existence. Instead of knowing we have doubt. The devil has placed this doubt in our hearts and minds by making us believe he does not exist.
If there is no God, there is no devil. If there is no devil, then maybe God exists and maybe he does not; but if there is a devil, God must exist.
It seems a lot of people, particularly in my generation, question the existence of God. If there were a devil and man could know that he exists, how could we still question whether there was a God?
I look at the conservatives in this country and see a nation that believes in something greater than man. I look at liberals in this country and see a jaded nation that mocks traditions, worships only mankind (think celebrity and pop culture) and believes in nothing.
I'm not this deeply religious, front-pew-every-Sunday kind of guy, but I do occasionally look at my fellow man, at my culture and society, and I am shocked at what I see.
If Moses were to come down from Heaven, would the scene he would witness in our culture be any different than the scene he witnessed coming down from Mt. Sinai? I wonder what Moses would think of a Judge who told a school or a public building to tear down God's commandments. I wonder how God will judge a SC Justice who daily looks upon His almighty commandments but who rules that the phrase "under God" should be stricken from the national pledge of allegiance.
It may have happened. The same devil who tempted Christ convinced us all that there is no devil... and in doing so created doubt in our hearts and minds. This doubt has allowed Pandora’s box to be flung wide open and has divided our world into those who believe in God and those who believe only in Man.
Every group tied to liberalism, from the ACLU to the communists to the environmentalist wackos, are all fundamentally based upon principles consistent with the belief that man is the highest form of being.
I hate to break up a good rant, but I am exhausted and I am rambling. Perhaps I should sleep.
Waffles 
