It's a misnomer to assume that all opponents of the notion of a Christian American government are pagans or communists. Many Christians have a strongly-imbued fear of a government that would seek to impart a particular view of faith. This is the main reason why our primarily Christian founding fathers left religion out of our Constitution except to proscribe its establishment. That's obvious from what they wrote about their decision.
So how do we cope with those on the left who would use government to transform our culture? The same way we must cope with the religionists. I spoke with someone the other day who said that same sex "marriage" was a human right akin to the right to vote. Your camp argues that we have to Christianize the government to meet those challenges. I say definitely not. There is a better way. It takes much more thought in the short term, but in the long run we betray none of the principles on which our nation was founded.
Like the terrorists, we can't let the culture transformers goad us into dismantling our more perfect union. We have to discipline ourselves to either think within the confines of the founding fathers' vision, or revise the Constitution to exceed it. Anything less would be a betrayal of our legacy. You'll understand why I will remain skeptical about any contemporary thinker's ability to improve on such a brilliant document.
Count me in, in this regard. The Founders had not so distant bad memories of the Church of England, and good reason to protect their new republic from repeating these mistakes.
Like the terrorists, we can't let the culture transformers goad us into dismantling our more perfect union. We have to discipline ourselves to either think within the confines of the founding fathers' vision, or revise the Constitution to exceed it. Anything less would be a betrayal of our legacy. You'll understand why I will remain skeptical about any contemporary thinker's ability to improve on such a brilliant document.
The arrogance and impenetrable ignorance of these "contemporary thinkers" is at times astounding. The Founders gave us the perfect balance of being able to practice whatever kind of spirituality that we are led to by our own free-will, without elevating one form of religion or spirituality above others.