{"id":8227,"date":"2017-02-21T23:22:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T05:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=8227"},"modified":"2017-02-21T23:22:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T05:22:12","slug":"this-is-why-religion-was-considered-dangerous-by-the-founding-fathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/02\/21\/this-is-why-religion-was-considered-dangerous-by-the-founding-fathers\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why Religion Was Considered Dangerous By The Founding Fathers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/2017\/02\/17\/pat-robertson-revolting-against-god\/\" target=\"_blank\">Via<\/a> <em><strong>snopes<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I think, somehow, the Lord\u2019s plan is being put in place for America and these people are not only revolting against Trump, they\u2019re revolting against what God\u2019s plan is for America. [Pat Robertson on a broadcast of the 700 Club.]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>People wonder why churches must not endorse political candidates or lose their tax-free status? It&#8217;s because of the apocalyptic pronouncements from prominent clerics. This is little less than a call to arms for Trump, backed by the word of God. For those who are enveloped in such a belief system, it may seem wonderful; for the rest of us, atheists or not, it&#8217;s a threat, a chance to be burned at the stake. And that&#8217;s not hyperbole; just read English history, starting with King Henry. Which sect is right, which is wrong?<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t tell.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s why the Founding Fathers, in their wisdom, refused to favor any religion. And the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnson_Amendment\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Johnson Amendment<\/strong><\/a> helps guarantee that wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via snopes: I think, somehow, the Lord\u2019s plan is being put in place for America and these people are not only revolting against Trump, they\u2019re revolting against what God\u2019s plan is for America. [Pat Robertson on a broadcast of the 700 Club.] People wonder why churches must not endorse political \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/02\/21\/this-is-why-religion-was-considered-dangerous-by-the-founding-fathers\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8228,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227\/revisions\/8228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}