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Oh...I see...you are a religious extremist.
So what is your solution...convert to Christianity or be kicked out of the country...or maybe that is too much work...maybe just execute those that don't convert???
The notion that America was founded as a Christian nation is a central animating element of the ideology of the Christian Right. It touches every aspect of life and culture in this, one of the most successful and powerful political movements in American history. The idea that America's supposed Christian identity has somehow been wrongly taken, and must somehow be restored, permeates the psychology and vision of the entire movement. No understanding of the Christian Right is remotely adequate without this foundational concept.
But the Christian nationalist narrative has a fatal flaw: it is based on revisionist history that does not stand up under scrutiny. The bad news is that to true believers, it does not have to stand up to the facts of history to be a powerful and animating part of the once and future Christian nation. Indeed, through a growing cottage industry of Christian revisionist books and lectures now dominating the curricula of home schools and many private Christian academies, Christian nationalism becomes a central feature of the political identity of children growing up in the movement. The contest for control of the narrative of American history is well underway.
History is powerful. That's why it is important for the rest of society not only to recognize the role of creeping Christian historical revisionism, but our need to craft a compelling and shared story of American history, particularly as it relates to the role of religion and society. We need it in order to know not how the religious Right is wrong, but to know where we ourselves stand in the light of history, in relation to each other, and how we can better envision a future together free of religious prejudice, and ultimately, religious warfare.
Originally posted by seabag
No, that type of behavior is reserved for radical Muslims...
I believe the reason our system worked so well in the past and is failing so miserable now is because of the decline in moral values and ethics in this country. What was once a ‘Christian Nation’ full of people who lived by a certain set of values has been replaced by the ‘anything goes’ crowd. The system is wholly inadequate to government people like this. Many American’s these days are more concerned with fame, fortune, power, self gratification, etc and have no moral compass to limit their gluttony, which IMO is why our nation is in great decline.
What worked so well in the past? Slavery? Genocide? Women not having rights? This is the good old days in your opinion? We have the exact same issues today that we had in the very beginning. The debate between Jefferson and Hamilton are the same arguments we have today.
Originally posted by seabag
There are always going to be differences of opinion on many issues. The difference back them was more people shared common values and believed in our country. We are more diverse today, less people share common values and many more people today are actively working to change and corrupt our system for personal gain.
designed for people of high morals and ethics; people who fear God and strive to do the right thing every day
Originally posted by LDragonFire
reply to post by seabag
Like churches that preach the prosperity doctrine? Believe in God and wealth will find you?
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by dirkpotters
Thomas Paine was a "Deist" A believer in God but not in the supernatural elements of religion, i.e Jesus, Miracles etc. Paine became a Deist before he left England for America at the age of 37 in 1774.:-
www.investigatingatheism.info...
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Originally posted by alldaylong
Thomas Paine was a "Deist" A believer in God but not in the supernatural elements of religion, i.e Jesus, Miracles etc. Paine became a Deist before he left England for America at the age of 37 in 1774.:-
Originally posted by Fromabove
From a founding document, (The Declaration of Independence).
" We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights..."
Key words here are "created" and Creator, and there you have it.
Originally posted by Fromabove
From a founding document, (The Declaration of Independence).
" We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights..."
Key words here are "created" and Creator, and there you have it.