Tl, dr: I ramble a lot. If you look in the mirror at 3 in the morning with an iPhone under your face like campers with flashlights do when walking around in the dark fooling around and talking about potatoes and food and stare into your face's reflection, you will see your perception blur and a bit of the devil appear in the mirror. There you have evidence that the devil exists. What follows is an immense fear of what might be lurking inside you and your inability to detect it by any type of scan, surgery, or test. You start dreaming about crazy psychotic episodes that never happened but seems to have happened in another parallel world so perfect and alike to Earth and begin to accept that God isn't quite real---only a person's dreams and interpretation affects the way that the idea of God is re-invented and disseminated to others. On that note, some oppose the government for imposing religion which seems to them to be quite unnecessary by the scapegoat of public education and public policy. It is different everywhere---only schools in the same education department district get the same policy. Perhaps, you may dream that you're saving a boy from a large public school during the zombie apocalypse. The grate doors that give access to the roof are all locked; walkers slump into classrooms as they collectively gather for "class." Luminous angels and winged, horned demons are flying in the sky fighting each other with spears, bows and arrows, and swords; new government tanks in battle formation rumble through the ruined city, firing rounds into the public schools and service buildings where survivors have gathered; little children run around in large groups of up to 80 holding tiny knives; they surround and act like a magnet to any teenagers or adults they find; these older people are their prey and after being soothed into peace by the sight of so many innocent children, they are jumped on; they are stoned to death; their heads are sliced off, cut up into little pieces and cooked in a microwave; somewhere in a subway tunnel, you imagine yourself walking through it and suddenly a soft, angelic voice rises out of the darkness, singing "Jesus loves me, yes he does..." and you bang your head repeatedly onto the wall until you morph into an centaur/satyr/unicorn-like creature and trot down a dark plateau forever until you meet the void and fall into it. The so-called end of the world comes in many horrific forms for many people. It so happens that people imagine the same thing and feel some spiritual connection to each other. Our imagination is that complex. Twins can feel each other's emotions and feelings. You look at biology and wonder how we could be so perfect as a species. Are we truly a type of animal that became so so-called evolved? Public education tends to slim down on the questioning and more on standardization. It works well for teaching kids the basics, but after a while, they're going to have to start learning more and more on their own to expand their view of the world. And that's called living life. Growing up and experiencing your mistakes- realizing that life isn't so cut out as it seems. Of course, learning should be a necessity for everyone so that the world may develop more efficiently. However, that is for people to decide on their own, not public policy. Education does not work in drug-ridden neighborhoods. It may be noted that religion thrives in prisons and correction facilities. More than ever, people want to be saved so they look toward religion and devote their heart to it, to have a purpose.
Regarding the founding fathers and American history, a quick google search provided me with an interesting article. Here is one of the more relevant parts of it. Even Jefferson and Franklin perceived morality through a biblical prism, but distrusted the trappings of organized religion. They might have scoffed at the first four commandments, man’s duties before God (although Jefferson penned the Virginia bill prescribing harsh penalties for violating the Sabbath), but they absolutely esteemed (even if not always lived) the latter six commandments about loving others. All thought the Bible essential for just and harmonious society. Washington’s Farewell Address neatly summarized, “Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensible supports.” Franklin warned the irreligious Thomas Paine, “If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” In Vindicating the Founders, Thomas G. West relays that Gouverneur Morris, ambassador to France , predicted their revolution would fail because the French were “ridiculing religion.” Morris, a not particularly pious man, foresaw catastrophe since “religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support of free governments.” The Founders disagreed on much, but were nearly unanimous concerning biblical morality. They understood the relationship between state and society differently than progressive thinkers today: government cannot mold man. Righteous men must mold government which requires the inculcation of virtue through vibrant churches and the transmittal of values generationally via a social structure based on families. Usurping the First Amendment to obstruct public expressions of faith would leave the Founders aghast. Not only did the Constitution leave extant the official religions authorized in most of the states, as historian Thomas Woods explains, prohibiting prayer in public schools “runs exactly contrary to the Framers’ intent … a stupefying departure from traditional American principles and an intolerable encroachment on communities’ rights to self-government.” Jefferson ’s “wall of separation” guarded faith, or lack thereof, against political interference. Far from uprooting our cultural moorings, the Forefathers embraced heritage. Historian Larry Schweikart notes, “The founding documents of every one of the original thirteen colonies reveal them to be awash in the concepts of Christianity and God.” Youth learned to read using Scripture. Universities were chartered to teach doctrine. Students could not even enter Harvard, Yale or Princeton without assenting to the Westminster Confession.
Pineapple, I posted that because many seem to think the founding fathers vision was important and they use it to try to use it to justify their positions regarding matters of state. You can chuck the vision of the founding fathers out the window if you wish, and that's fine, because I'm Canadian, but, if you do so, at least be aware that this is what you're doing.
You sir, are smoking serious amounts of crack. Even I, in a drug induced stupor couldn't come up with that fever dream.