God figured heavily in the creation of this nation. Because of the Church of England, the early settlers in the Colonies wanted to make sure a national church wasn’t in the cards. That didn’t mean that there couldn’t be any expressions of Christianity on government land. Just because someone erects something on government land, it does not constitute government support for that monument.
We have eradicated the Judeo Christian ethic from schools. We’re paying for it. The acceleration of the decay of our society has resulted from this.
We need to have a rebirth. Those who don’t want to take part shouldn’t have to. They shouldn’t be surprised to find themselves considered to be fourth class citizens if they don’t though.
Our system of governance functions best when a strong Christian ethic is involved. It’s the Judeo Christian ethic that greases the wheels of our Constitution and nation. If folks don’t want to be a part of that, fine. It just seems that they shouldn’t be surprised as others take note and get a bit snippy about it.
Our Constitution would not work in an Arab state. The same ethics do not exist. I’ve learned this over the last decade.
As our kids stop getting married and live together outside of wedlock, our whole society pays. We can’t shun God’s directives and expect to have the nation we want.
Morals are important. Atheism is a person’s right as much as joining a church is a person’s right. I don’t see any power higher than man that causes him to observe morals, in the Atheistic belief system. In the Christian system there is a higher moral authority.
I would submit, that being Christian is vital to the health of our nation. As Christianity wanes, the health of our nation will as well.
The question is, do we really want our nation to thrive or not? If we do, then we have some real soul searching to do. I am not the Christian I should be, so I’m not saying I’m the model by any means. I have a lot of work to do.
For clarity’s sake I want to say that I don’t actually mean that someone should be recognized as a fourth class citizens for being an atheist. I do believe it is vital for us all to pull together to get our nation back on track. I do not believe this can happen if 100% of our society is Atheistic. Believing that, it stands to reason that the higher the percentage of our populace that is Atheistic, the less chance we’ll have of getting things back on track.
That’s all. I think it’s an important point.