 From 1974 and until he passed away in June of 2005, Frank Caw devoted a considerable amount of time to research and study in Bible prophecy and related philosophical and theological issues. This website is dedicated by his family to his memory and work and is as he presented it at the time of his death. The family of Frank Caw, Jr. would like to thank Tim McHyde of EscapeAllTheseThings.com for hosting his website.
While always insisting on a plain, literal and sensible approach to scriptural exegesis,
he has pieced together many new scriptural insights on a number of extraordinary
prophetic developments that are poised to be fulfilled in our immediate
future!
Thus, it is safe to say that things are not going to happen the way many people think
they will happen.
But, this book will give you the scriptural keys for truly understanding what God has
preordained will happen, and how you can survive the incredible scenario of prophetic
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This ministry is dedicated to the loving memory of my
late wife, Debbie, who went to be in the presence of God on October 23, 1997, and who was
so instrumental in helping me to prepare for my ministry during those many long, difficult
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Why Liberals Are Wrong
About
Church-State Issues
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It is flabbergasting to watch liberals use the “establishment of religion clause” in the First Amendment to
virtually nullify the existence of the “free exercise of religion clause.”
Because, in essence, they have taken a constitutional phrase designed to prevent the official establishment
of a Church of the United States, similar to the Church of England, and are using it to wipe out and
prohibit every vestige of Christian thought and influence in public life.
But the truth is, the Founding Fathers intended only to prohibit the government from establishing a national
church, either formally or on a de facto basis by dictating rituals or articles of faith, or by favoring one sect
or denomination of Christianity over another.
Moreover, if the Founding Fathers truly had intended for the "establishment of religion clause" to be
interpreted the way that liberals are now claiming, there would not have been any reason for the “free
exercise of religion clause” to even be in the First Amendment anyway since it would have been rendered
null and void by the clause immediately preceding it.
As a reminder, here is what the First Amendment actually states, in relevant part: "Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof..."
In other words, the "establishment clause" prohibits the government from imposing any type of religious
belief or ritual or association on people against their will, but the "free exercise clause" demands that
the government should never try to prevent or discourage any religious belief or activity that is peaceful
and voluntary and non-harmful.
So, we must conclude that liberals just simply refuse to understand the singular truth that the Founding
Fathers did not intend to separate church and state intellectually, only institutionally — as evidenced
by their numerous official actions and statements when they founded this country on the basis of biblical
Christian moral values.
That is why, for example, George Washington made the following statements in his Farewell
Address:
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable
supports.
"In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of
human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
"The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish
them...
"And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without
religion..."
As further corroboration, Thomas Jefferson often attended church services in the halls of the House of
Representatives or in the north wing of the Capitol when he was president.
When the federal legislature convened in 1789, it appointed chaplains for both houses of Congress as one
of its first official actions.
On the very same day that Congress approved the wording of the First Amendment, it resolved to
request that President Washington declare a day of public thanksgiving and prayer for the peaceful
manner in which the Constitution was created.
And that same Congress, a month earlier, passed the Northwest Ordinance which read, in part,
"Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind,
schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."
On March 6, 1799, President John Adams, second President of the United States
and signer of the Declaration of Independence, proclaimed a national day of prayer and fasting so that
America might “call to mind our numerous offenses against the most high God, confess them before Him
with the sincerest penitence, imploring his pardoning mercy, through the Great Mediator and Redeemer,
for our past transgression, and that through the grace of His Holy Spirit, we may be disposed and enabled
to yield a more suitable obedience.” — National Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and
Prayer.
Then finally, in 1892, the U.S. Supreme
Court rendered a decision which included a survey of numerous historical evidences proving the
Christian heritage of our country. Here is what they concluded:
“These and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the
mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.”
Furthermore, the American Declaration of Independence was created to serve as the philosophical
justification and foundation for our legal contract with government, i.e., the U.S. Constitution, and it
unequivocally based all of our rights as human beings on God the Creator and Divine
Providence.
Accordingly, the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit religious people from influencing our government and
public life; it only prohibits Congress from passing any laws that restrict religious thought and activities
in any way whatsoever.
One caveat however. Because moral
values, including freedom, are not autonomous and unrestrained, true religious freedom should not
embrace or condone violent or fraudulent activities that endanger the lives or safety of people or their
right to individual freedom and sovereignty and property rights. Nor should religious freedom include
cruelty to animals.
Nevertheless, it is obvious that the Church-State issue provides yet another example of how our
government has greatly exceeded its original
constitutional mandate to exercise only a very few, limited, and carefully-defined powers divided
among the three branches of government.
This is apparent because at least most church-state conflicts would disappear overnight if the
Federal Government did not continually violate the U.S. Constitution everyday by interfering in
almost every aspect of people's lives,
including the education of their children.
NOTE: This article is based on material adapted from Chapter 3, Section 1 in my book.
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