[neverdem]

FWIW

[neverdem]

Ping

[wizardoz]

(Economist poll: "Are you proud to be...?" American — 80 percent, British — 51, French — 35, German — 19)

Heh heh heh....

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[2banana]

Sometimes it is hard to imagine that America was once made out of Europeans. This goes for most people who come from other countries to America today. You ever see/talk with a 3rd generation American (-Mexican) go back to Mexico?

[k2blader]

Interesting article.

I'm not quite convinced ours is still a "Christian nation". But as compared to other parts of the world, the United States remains a refuge for those committed to Christ.

[qam1]

The Last Christian Nation........

ummmm What about all the countries in Central and South America?

[DoctorMichael]

Interesting Bump.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

A Nation Apart is discussed here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1017779/posts

I personally feel the majority of Americans are not Christian, although a majority attend church and subscribe to Christian values, as far as they understand them. I hope I'm wrong.

Certainly our government is secular by law. It has gone past secular to violating the first amendment by prohibiting religious expression. See Judge Moore's persecution for having the ten commandments in his courtroom. The posting of these commands does not establish a religion, nor does it coerce anyone to join one. But the courts rule that way.

Persecution for Christians is guaranteed by Jesus. But be of good cheer. He has overcome the world. And he will return to rule it. See my tag.

[N3WBI3]

I would be interested to know what the numbers in South Korea are? My wife if 5th Generation Christian and Korea sends missionaries to the USA now..

[jjm2111]

Excellent article. Derb is one of my favorite NR writers.

[azhenfud]

I often wonder, is it more important to be a Christian nation or to be a nation of Christians....

[Wallace T.]

Two areas have slowed down the long march of secularism in America. First, the size of the United States makes consolidating power more daunting than in any other European and European-descended nation. Canada is slightly larger than the U.S., and Australia is slightly smaller, but in both nations, the populations are concentrated in a relatively small area, adjacent to either the U.S. border or the ocean, respectively. America's population is better dispersed, and has become more so since World War II. Second, the diversity of denominations impedes the aggregation of ecclesiastic power, which in turn makes it more difficult for humanist wolves in the "sheeps' clothing" of backward collars and Murphy robes to turn the church toward submission to the almighty state.

How long America's good fortune will hold out is difficult to say. Conservative evangelical Christians are the most likely target for persecution, followed by Catholics who hold to the pre-Vatican II positions of their church, observant Orthodox Jews, and the conservative elements in Mormonism. There are two regions that are major problems for the secularists: (1) the greater South (including Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia) and adjacent areas to the north (Pennsylvania to Colorado) and (2) greater Utah (inclusive of Mormon dominated areas of Nevada and Idaho). When evangelicals in area (1) and Mormons in area (2) are relegated to minority status, America will move leftward at a rapid pace. Traditional Catholics lack a large geographic stonghold. Orthodox Jews have one, but it is 6,000 miles to the east of New York.

Even a Reaganesque rout of someone like Howard Dean by President Bush next year will only buy a little time in delaying the long march by secularists through American institutions.

[LadyDoc]

he forgot that the Philippines is a Christian nation...

[Sergio]

Save for reference.

neverdem - thanks for the post.

Best Regards

Sergio

[perfect stranger]

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[happygrl]

FWIW

It's worth reiterating that our American values and perspectives and choices increasingly diverge from those of Europe.

We no longer have a shared worldview with Eurabia.

[rwfromkansas]

Actually, there is a country in Africa which is officially a Christian nation.

[truthandlife]

I think we (U.S.) are a post-Christian nation. We are not far behind Britain and France unless we have a revival in this nation.