Fairness - The Commentary

One document is over 2,000 years old and the other over 200. That means it’s even more difficult for historians to determine the original intent of the Biblical authors than it is for that of the writers of the newer US Constitution. One was compiled over thousands of years in various cultures by numerous writers while the other was written by a much smaller group of men over less than a year. So though there were disagreements among the Constitution’s authors, unlike the Biblical authors there were opportunities in the Constitutional convention to sit down together and work out compromises for the differing positions of its composers. One is full of references to a god among gods, while the other has none at all - and merely two references to “religion” (counting the first amendment to it). That means they have differing intentions. One’s authority is claimed and enforced by religious institutions and their hoary traditions while the other is enforced by legal and polit