Two days after writing a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, using the expression “building a wall of separation between Church & State" Thomas Jefferson attended his first church service in the House of Representatives! He continued doing that for the next seven years. One Sunday, he walked to worship services when Ethan Allen approached him and asked, “Which way are you walking, Mr. Jefferson?” “To Church, Sir.” “You? Going to Church, Mr. J? You do not believe in it!” To which Thomas Jefferson replied,
“Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has been given to man and I as chief Magistrate of this nation am bound to give it the sanction of my example. We want “the word of the Lord to be glorified” and government to encourage religion while we encourage obedience to the government.
The Constitution & God are interwoven. Why swear on the bible to tell the truth before testifying in court?