You're starting to rant.
What Platapus said was
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So the Declaration of Independence can be used as a historical documentation of intent, but you are most correct when you say that it can not be used as a citation for government structure.
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And he's exactly right. The Declaration is just that - declaring independence, nothing more. It is a vital part of our history, and as he said is useful for divining what they meant. The Articles attempted to set up a mutually beneficial parent government for the states, but it didn't give congress any power to enforce it. The Constitution is the guidebook for how the government is to be run. It lays down the rules.
No one is saying that they didn't believe in a god. What we are arguing with is the ongoing evangelical contention that the United States was founded as a Christian country. And that is the predominent evangelical party line, deny it all you want.