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I agree with Daniel B. Cooper's statements about the influence of atheism on government as just another belief system ["Atheism, creationism: Neither should rule the day," Aug. 31].
However, the phrase "separation of church and state" does not appear in our Constitution. Religion is addressed in the Bill of Rights: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech."
Our Founding Fathers didn't want the government to establish a state religion. They wanted to be free to exercise their own religion
The courts appear to be making interpretations and placing restrictions beyond what the authors of the Constitution intended.
Finally, definitions are needed when discussing such complicated issues as evolution and creation.
Changes within species, such as by natural selection or mutation, are accepted by everyone and are sometimes known as microevolution. These changes are cited by Darwin evolutionists as proof of evolution, including support for the theory that we all evolved over time from one-cell creatures.
This change from one species to another and ultimately from one cell to complex life is sometimes called macroevolution.
But there has been no fossil evidence of transitional intermediates to support this macro theory. Each time someone has claimed to have found such transitional evidence, it has ultimately been exposed as a fraud.
Concerning this "one-cell" theory, microbiologist Michael Behe uses the term "irreducibly complex" to describe several biological systems that perform no function until all parts are present and are working together as designed.
You cannot build such complex systems by starting with a single cell and using natural selection or mutations to increase their complexity. The theory that we all started with one cell requires great "faith"!
Larry T. Ingels
Locust Grove
