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In God We Trust?

I wrote this paper for my investigative journalism class at University of Phoenix this past January, 2010. I found it apropos to post this here on Independence Day as the paper discusses whether our country was founded on secular humanism, or as a theocracy. I tried to be objective, presenting both sides so the reader could draw his or her own conclusions or question their existing schema regarding this age-old debate. In God We Trust? Aaron A. Klassen Axia College of University of Phoenix CMC 250 – Information Sources: Where It’s At Penny Devito January 8, 2010 In God We Trust? Since our countries founding, Americans have been wrestling with the issue of the separation of church and state affairs. Many groups have rallied around different interpretations and understandings of our Constitution, namely, the First Amendment. These ideological platforms have fostered two distinct schools of thought ...
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This passage from Diana Eck's book, Encountering God, gave me a glimmer of hope that my family may in fact be able to reconcile and accept my non-belief in juxtaposition to their theistic beliefs of which I no longer subscribe. It is important to note, however, that some numerical minorities do not have an exclusivist consciousness at all. The native peoples of the Americas, for example, while being protective of their rites and lifeways, also see the truth in other ways and paths. Over forty years ago, Chief White Calf of the Blackfeet of Montana offered a critique of Christian exclusivism that was very expressive of Native American attitudes. As an old man, in the summer of 1958 he told the story of creation to one Richard Lancaster, whom he called his son. I am Chief White Calf of the Blackfeet, and I am one hundred and one years old, and I give you this story that I got from my father, Last Gun, who got it from the old men of the tribe...You are my son and I give it to you. O...
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