Separation of Church and State

"The First Amendment said only this: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." His eyes moved down the page. The idea of separation of church and state came from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to a group of Baptists, assuring them that no act of government would infringe on their right to believe. Why? According to Jefferson's letter, because that clause in the Constitution provided a wall separating church and state. A wall that separated the church from the state, not the state from the church. The state was the power that threatened the church, not the other way around as was so often interpreted today." -Karen Kingsbury "Forever Faithful, Book 3"
In this time in our country's history so many people believe that the church is a threat to the state, but they seem to forget that God created the government and the rules that they made for the land. How do you run a government without the God that created it?
I guess the thing that amazes me the most is that in a world where they are trying to make people smarter, they expect us to ignore the English language. It says that the government can't make a law about religion or practicing it. Where's the clause that says unless that in the government is the exception? I really wish people would realize that it isn't God that is the problem with the country or us closed minded Christians, but the fact that we no longer think we need God. We think we can do everything on our own, but yet the Bible is filled with stories about what happens when we try to do things on our own. Can we say Sodom and Gomorrah? I pray God has mercy on those that really are trying to shine His light on this dark world and will have mercy on us. I also pray God will have mercy on those who reject Him and that He will turn their hearts to Him. Mostly I just pray that this country will realize before it is too late, that God isn't the problem but that we are.