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Posted on 05/18/2026 6:27:43 AM PDT by cuz1961
...The Associated Press published a story ahead of the weekend with the headline: “Trump Administration to participate in controversial prayer gathering on National Mall.”
What’s controversial about eight hours of prayer? According to critics, the gathering is “an attempt to ‘hijack’ U.S. history by advancing a Christian nationalist narrative … potentially undermining the constitutional separation of church and state.”
Praying for the nation and rededicating it to God is now considered Christian nationalism?.....
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What about Samuel Adams, often identified with the Boston Tea Party? He wrote: “May every citizen in the army and in the country have a proper sense of the Deity upon his mind and an impression of that declaration recorded in the Bible, ‘Them that honor me, I will honor.’”
And what about President Dwight Eisenhower
At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, when schoolchildren practiced “duck and cover” drills in preparation for a possible Soviet nuclear attack, the Rev. George M. Docherty, pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., delivered a sermon in February 1954 on the absence of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. President Eisenhower was seated in the front pew.
Docherty argued that America’s answer to godless communism was not merely military strength, but moral and spiritual conviction — a public acknowledgment that America’s freedom rested upon dependence on God.
Three days after that sermon, legislation was introduced in Congress to add the words “under God” to the pledge.
Then, on Flag Day, June 14, 1954, Eisenhower signed the bill into law, declaring: “From this day forward, millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.”
Was he a Christian nationalist?
What is happening in Washington this weekend has nothing to do with so-called Christian nationalism. It’s a recognition that America has been blessed and sustained by God over these 250 years and that we still need His blessing today: for our families, our communities, our churches, our businesses, and our nation.
This recognition could not come at a more important time. Our nation is divided, the world is uncertain, and many people are searching for hope and stability.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/trump-prayer-rally-national-mall.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/17/politics/national-mall-prayer-event
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2026/05/17/thousands-expected-rededicate-250-prayer-jubilee/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/crowds-pack-into-washingtons-national-mall-for-prayer-rally
And yet another idiot who doesn’t understand that creating a "National" church/religion, like The Church of England, is what is unconstitutional.
NOTHING in the Constitution prohibits the separation of religion between people IN the government and their devotion/worship. Ask any Islamist in the government.
The commies are triggered, and may display their true faces,,,,but they already got their cover story out ,
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Demon Face: Terrifying New Medical Condition Causes Human Faces to Look Demonic
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The bill of rights derives from God, not government.
From what I have seen, a nation and government that embraces Christian principles as I have come to know them, will have a fine foundation for government.
A government whose principles are aligned with say, the Ten Commandments is going to be a government with at least the underpinnings of a moral compass even if, as a way to avoid establishing a government approved church (and making this a secular nation not a theological nation) by taking the last six and embracing those...I see that as a wonderful thing, not something to be avoided:
I get that there are devout Christians out there who would object to excluding the Commandments 1-4 that deal directly with the God of Abraham, but if you also believe that belief in any God, Christian or otherwise, must not be mandated by the government, I think that has to be considered as the only option.
Certainly, in comparison, the same does not apply to a "religion" like Islam, that has nothing comparable to the Ten Commandments in the Koran which the Koran does not explicitly override with its own tenets or treatment of "unbelievers" or murdering and such.
(If you can't tell, I tend to treat the Koran less as a religious work like the Bible, but more like an ideological tract on how citizens must behave, and the penalties for transgressions, down to very fundamental acts in everyday life)
I don't see any contradiction in being a devout Christian and living in a secular, constitutional republic government like the American one we have...and recognizing at the same time that there is an inherent element in Islam (often expressed in the desire for Sharia Law) that is wholly incompatible with this constitutional republic.
Followers of Satan raised his ugly head to demonize this dedication to GOD ridiculing those who spoke and those who showed up. Must do everything he can to prevent those who need it most to repent and ask for salvation before it is ever-lasting too late. The Lord’s Day is fast approaching
Very well stated.
It boils down to this fundamental outlook:
If God gives you rights, only God may take them away.
If Government gives you rights, the government can take them away at any time to suit its needs.
If you believe that, you can live in America and actually BE an American. That is one of the greatest things about our wonderful nation. We are inclusive in the real meaning of the word.
You can be a Hindu Monk, but if you believe that our rights as Americans come from a higher power and cannot be taken away at the whims of humans who govern you, you can be an American and live harmoniously in this amazing constitutional republic we live in, and I am willing to stand beside those who believe that as Americans in full equality, no matter the race, color, or creed.
Which begs the question: Can Leftists, who believe our rights come from government and not from God, be considered as Americans?
I don't think so. And there are a huge percentage of Leftists, even those who might view themselves as devout Christians, who I do not view as my countrymen.
Thanks for saying so. You can probably tell, this resonates with me this morning.
He’s taking that demonic Washington Monument and declaring one true God. Just as the Apostle Paul did.
Great post.
Trump, LIKE COMEY, gave Hillary a pass!
Still ZERO 'elite' arrests!! (cuffs, perpwalks, mugshots)
This SATANIC LAWLESSNESS, like below, is THE CONSEQUENCE OF STILL ZERO ARRESTS!!.
I don't take Christian advice from people who TOLERATE JEZEBEL (HILLARY)!
Ecc 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
I agree with your tenet definition of who is a legitimate American.
Did you know that when a decorated veteran was to be interred in Arlington, some years past now, because he was not of the Abrahamic faiths, the VA refused the family’s request of his religious symbol on his headstone?
His name is Patrick Stewart. He got your tenet, fought and died in the sand for his country, but govt said boy, y’all the wrong kind!
I seem to recall he was a Wiccan, and he won that lawsuit. I see Wiccans in the same light I see people who worship Satan or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but, as you said...that isn’t right, but I also wonder where the line is drawn by the authorities.
Would this only involve “established” religions, or those that have a real following, or...if someone makes one up (such as the people who claim to worship the “Flying Spaghetti Monster” to ridicule religion) does Arlington National Cemetery have to have a headstone template with “appropriate” symbology for that?
It doesn’t seem so, but...I don’t know how this is handled.
Thanks for saying so, New Wood.
You are correct.
GIVE A MUSLIM A COOKIE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k20wp-H0nw
(CAN YOU SPARE 74 SECONDS??)
Hi. Yup, Wiccan. Wiccan was introduced to the military chaplains book in the 1970’s.
He died, believing what he did, serving his country.
As for VA symbols, there are now a whole bunch!
(Even JEDI!)
I do admit that the Baskin Robbins umbrella of Paganism do have some familiar groups.
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