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To: Vanders9

Nobody but a hard core atheist or marxist would mistake this country for a Christian nation. We have moved very far, and it’s hard to see how we won’t deserve the judgement we will certainly get (and may be getting now).


27 posted on 09/25/2009 5:21:28 AM PDT by Phillipian
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To: Phillipian

Well, what is a Christian nation? How do you define something like that? Is it a nation where everyone is a Christian? That is not possible, if only because no-one is “born” a Christian. Faith is not hereditary. Everyone who is a Christian today was, at some stage in their lives, not a Christian.

Is a Christian nation one that adheres to Christian values? That’s very difficult to define too, because there is no little disagreement amongst Christians today as to what Christian values are. A lot of what we think of as being “Christian” values are in fact cultural ones (that doesn’t mean they aren’t important and that we shouldn’t hold onto them, of course).

I agree that the world has worsened and that God’s judgement will be upon us, but I’m a bit more optimistic. There is some good in today too.


34 posted on 09/25/2009 2:13:06 PM PDT by Vanders9
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