[TheRealThing]

Were your description of "men of God" to characterize the great mass of churchmen, it would indeed be Supreme good. But that is not the issue. I do not dispute that such as you describe exist and have existed since Pentecost. If you are suggesting that the true and righteous men of God (women?) are alone qualified to rule over society, I might agree with you in a theoretical sense. However, we were discussing a man-made document, the Constitution. I do not trust the majority to rule justly. I do not trust the minority to rule justly. Again, the highest interpretation of the United States Constitution lifts up justice for all and freedom of conscience for all. If this nation pursues that path, it walks a road infrequently trod in history. The document binds all citizens to that vision, that pursuit.

Actually we were discussing the fact that the saved routinely exhibit attributes that by definition qualify them to serve (not rule) "The People" in government. Never did I suggest in the thinnest of stretches that only the saved should be considered for office.