put God first or his laws first
They didn't do this because of how the papacy ruined Europe. To put God or His laws first requires someone to interpret and enforce the laws. And that is how you end up with an expanding pear up your asshole because you went against the church. The invocation of God is to give people grounds for righteous indignation where they can determine for themselves right from wrong when the government has been taken over by corrupt genocidal lunatics.
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