Because G-d said so.
Posted on 06/01/2010 7:01:48 AM PDT by Patriot1259
Beginning in the early 1900s there was a seismic shift in attitudes toward the relationship between education, societal norms, and Christianity. As this shift sharpened in focus, Christianity came to be viewed as nothing less than the enemy of freedom redefined, and a concerted effort has since been made to jettison it from our culture. Yet the question remains: Can there be freedom without Christianity?
During the first two decades of the 20th century, the Progressive Movement sought to separate education from religion, and particularly from Christianity. The goal was secularized education in the name of science: the false dichotomy was that Christianity and science were mutually exclusive.
Although the Progressive Movement’s glory days died with America’s full-fledged entrance into World War I, progressives themselves did not cease to exist.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
No, for the Truth shall set you free.
Who were the G7 with the exception of Japan?
Basically, the same dudes that went to the crusades together!
Because G-d said so.
“The Universal Church is today, it seems to me, more definitely set against the World than at any time since pagan Rome. I do not mean that our times are particularly corrupt; all times are corrupt... The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time; so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization and save the World from suicide.” — T.S. Eliot, 1931
This is a timely thread, given the unreason and falsehood directed toward Israel today.
Our entire society rests on a firm belief in God.
In our courts of Law - everyone who testifies swears to tell the truth on the Bible; knowing that the fear of God carries more weight than fear of man. If our society no longer fears God where does that put our court system?
Why have elected officals swear to uphold the rule of law?
....we should not be surprised to find that the Calvinists took a very important part in American Revolution. Calvin emphasized that the sovereignty of God, when applied to the affairs of government proved to be crucial, because God as the Supreme Ruler had all ultimate authority vested in Him, and all other authority flowed from God, as it pleased Him to bestow it.The Scriptures, God's special revelation of Himself to mankind, were taken as the final authority for all of life, as containing eternal principles, which were for all ages, and all peoples. Calvin based his views on these very Scriptures. As we read earlier, in Paul's letter to the Romans, God's Word declares the state to be a divinely established institution.
History is eloquent in declaring that the American republican democracy was born of Christianity and that form of Christianity was Calvinism. The great revolutionary conflict which resulted in the founding of this nation was carried out mainly by Calvinists--many of whom had been trained in the rigidly Presbyterian college of Princeton....
....In fact, most of the early American culture was Reformed or tied strongly to it (just read the New England Primer). Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, a Roman Catholic intellectual and National Review contributor, asserts: “If we call the American statesmen of the late eighteenth century the Founding Fathers of the United States, then the Pilgrims and Puritans were the grandfathers and Calvin the great-grandfather…”
-- from the thread John Calvin: Religious liberty and Political liberty
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