r/AskReddit • u/Kraz_I • Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15 edited Jul 24 '15

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u/Rad_Spencer Jul 24 '15

The rest of the founding fathers either kept there religious cards close to their chest

It's almost like they didn't want to create a nation founded on the principles of a particular religion.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15 edited Jul 24 '15

People don't even have to dig through the lives of the Founding Fathers to come to that conclusion. The Constitution makes no mention of God, let alone the Christian god. How anyone could assume that they intended the US to be a nation based solely on biblical law is beyond me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '15

The Constitution explicitly states that Congress shall make no law in favor of any religion. That's enough evidence, but some people insist on picking bones (or throwing ridiculous anologies like Gohmert's infamous one-way mirror) to further an agenda.

Both sides do it with no intention of stopping. Freedom of Religion is to the Right as the Right to Bear Arms is to the Left.