America's Last Opportunity

I believe that God has set-up Christian America’s last opportunity to remove the court-mandated official national religion of “Agnostic Secular Humanism.” And make no mistake about it; ‘Secular Humanism’ is a religion. It is even defined as such by the IRS.

Spearheaded by agnostic, anti-religious groups like the ACLU and the increasingly anti-religious American court system, any form of belief in God and public expression thereof has been outlawed – With the possible exception of Islam. Somehow, Allah doesn’t seem to bother the ‘agnostic troublemakers’ as much as other expressions of the Divine.

The very essence of our founding father’s faith and religious intentions enshrined in our founding documents have been ignored and explained away.

Prompted by an anti-god minority that has seized upon and magnified the imagined rights of a few, they have forced the “religious majority” to be expelled from any public expression.

And this has happened because Christians have sat by and done nothing to fight this violation of the historically established intentions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

THIS MUST BE FOUGHT NOW OR WE WILL NEVER AGAIN HAVE THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS ATTACK ON THE VERY SOUL OF AMERICA.

Just look at this example reported in WorldNetDaily as to how far the godless forces have gone: Like a warning label on a pack of cigarettes, the Cobb County, Ga., textbook sticker says: “This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.”

The Cobb County school board placed the disclaimer on the books two years ago after more than 2,000 parents complained the schools were not teaching about the controversy over evolution among scientists and not informing students of alternative theories.

Yesterday, however, American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Michael Manely, representing parents who sued the suburban Atlanta school district over the textbook labeling, contended the school board is “doing more than accommodating religion. They are promoting religious dogma to all students.”

Imagine the arrogance of saying that the mere challenge of the Darwin’s Evolution theory as not proven fact somehow violates the separation of Church and State. And that the mention of their being a Creator is trying to establish religion.

Are the arrogant exponents of the Evolutionary Theory so threatened by the challenge of God as Creator that they have to censure any argument for His cause? Why can’t students approach this important area of learning with an open mind?

This is not at all what our founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the U.S. Declaration of Independence. They declared;

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed …”

In this document, the founders of our country declared their right to fight against the King of England and to break away from his tyranny.

They based the justification of their cause on God as follows, “We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions … And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

The entire basis of our government is based on this foundational precept that men are not granted their rights and freedoms by men, but by God the Creator.

Therefore, we do not get our rights and freedoms from man-made governments, but from the Creator-God. If we remove that cornerstone, there is no justification for our form of government. It becomes a house built on sand with no rationale for existence.

Almost all of the pilgrims who fled Europe and risked their lives to found this country were fleeing from the religious tyranny of State run Churches. But they were not fleeing from personal ‘faith in Jesus Christ and the right to worship Him’. They fled here to freely exercise that right out of the reach of the Roman inspired state Churches.

This is the reason why the First Amendment to the Constitution was written, which said, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

When they wrote, “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion …”, it was against the background of what they had fled in Europe, where State sponsored Churches brought nothing but tyranny upon those who would worship Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible.

It simply meant that Congress was not to establish one Christian denomination over another.

The second clause was meant to prevent Congress from advocating one denomination’s right to prevent another denomination’s free expression of its faith. It declared, “or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …”

It was never in the mind of framers of the Bill of Rights to exclude religion – especially Christianity – from being expressed both by individuals in the government and in public places.

All of the original colleges were founded for the express purpose of training Christian ministers as pastors and missionaries. Just look up the history of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, et al. Most Americans today would be astounded by what they find.

If the minority of atheists and agnostics in this country want to change the very foundational concept of our government, then we invite them to leave. No one is making them stay.

But don’t try to make this country into something it was never founded to be. If you don’t like seeing ‘Manger scenes’ at Christmas time, look the other way. If you don’t like seeing a cross worn around someone’s neck, avoid that person.

But you have no right to say that Christians cannot put up reminders of what is meaning of the national holiday for Christmas. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else at Christmas time.

The Middle East or Africa is lovely at that season. See how much tolerance you will receive from the Muslims.

But the founders of this country did not leave vague ideas about what they meant by the foundational documents of our country.

George Washington, Founding father and first President, “It is rightly impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible.”

Samuel Adams (1722-1803), a major founding father and signer of the U.S. Constitution said, “Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may be more dangerous then their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our swords.”

Patrick Henry (1736-1799), courageous politician, a founding father and a contributor to the Constitution wrote, “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians.”

Thomas Jefferson, founding father and third President – also the man to whom the doctrine of the “wall separation between church and state was falsely attributed said, “My views...are the result of a lifetime of inquiry and reflection, and very different from the anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others.”

Jefferson also wrote, “Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?”

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth President of the U.S. wrote, “Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?”

In the modern era, Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Ike Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and George Bush, Sr. and Jr. have invoked the God’s name for help.

Bible verses are etched in the stones of virtually all of our Federal buildings in Washington D.C., especially in the Supreme Court building.

If the anti-God crowd wants to eliminate all public expression of Christian conviction, then they must do so in defiance and contradiction of the clear history of this country.

The terrible truth is, they have succeeded in do so. This is Christianities last chance to do reverse this abomination on our country. We do not want to force anyone to be a Christian. But we must not accept the godless minority’s religion of “Secular Humanism” as the only acceptable official religion of the United States of America.

It is time to fight them with everything we have. Let’s stop the liberal courts from re-interpreting the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Let’s stop the high courts from usurping the power of the Congress and making laws. This is where the hole in the dike is. Let’s pray and fight them in the name of God.

Thanks for posting this. I came face to face with these conclusions after watching Ashcroft's confirmation hearing and subsequent elevation to the most hated man in the Bush administration. Whenever I would ask my liberal friends, why do you hate him, they could come up with nothing more than his religion and the stupid statue episode. A religious person without any particular act they could specify was more frightening to them than Waco or settling child custody disputes in the dark of night with automatic weapons.

THANKS.

Was about to post it.

A good, sobering piece.

I thank God for Hal regardless of his flaws. Besides, he's been in the refining process along with the rest of us! LOL.

They wish to exclude God from whom freedom's are inalienable, and replace it with granted freedoms.

Kerry said it best, "It's a good thing that we live in a country where the government allows us free speech".

This idiot, that has no grasp of the Constitution that he wanted to take an oath to uphold, is an example of liberal elite thinking and secular thinking.

It is the citizen that allows the government powers, not vice versa. In this nation the citizen stands as sovereign in his self determination. The citizen already possesses free speech, the right to worship as he chooses, the right to possess arms, the right to have his grievances addressed by government. The citizen was born free with gifts included, along with eye color, he already possesses freedom over his thoughts, speech, and actions, pre- installed by his Creator.

The attack by Secularism on Religion is an attack on the individual sovereignty. We are being attacked on two fronts, our sovereignty, and our nations sovereignty.

You are not funny, you are hostile to Christianity.

You were just as unamusing 2 weeks ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1263436/posts?page=2#2

Perhaps futurely you can be funny on someone elses thread.

I didn't see your 2 posts as humor, but more a lame attempt to diguise mocking as humor. Since you did it twice you established a pattern of mocking Christian posts. Not cool, not funny. I addressed it the first time, albeit subtly, but you didn't answer the clue phone.
Glad to hear you have cool friends tho.

I didn't see your 2 posts as humor

First post referred to a Monty Python movie.

Second post referred to bestselling (Amazon rank #30) George Carlin book.

In other words, most people would consider these sources as humor material.

Too bad you lack a sense of humor.

This is Christianities last chance to do reverse this abomination on our country. We do not want to force anyone to be a Christian. But we must not accept the godless minority’s religion of “Secular Humanism” as the only acceptable official religion of the United States of America.

90+% of evangelical Christians assent to and support the religion of secular humanism by feeding their most precious resources into its support -- the bodies, minds, souls, and destinies of their children.

It's a fool's errand to get exercised over God's Word engraved on public rocks, while condoning the forceful imprint of secular humanism on our children's minds and doings, upon their foreheads and right hands.

If your kids are in public school, shut up. You have forfeited credibility in the public arena. Why, after all, complain and moan about the pervasive power of a faith that's good enough to indoctrinate your children into?

I appreciate the nature of the material you posted, I'm saying I don't appreciate the way you used it, to mock Christianity.
Way not cool, please don't do it a third time.

If a person starts out their childrens school day with a bible study, and pointed out the deviance from scripture in their schools materials, and all around them, would that person regain credibility in the public arena and be permitted to speak?

We are, of course, discussing the hypothetical third party here.

Given my convictions, I would regard that person's credibility as severely damaged, and subject to reservations. If said third party were given responsibility for the church's sunday school program, for example, I'd immediately pull my kids out of said program, and keep them with me during services.

Do a google search on John Taylor Gatto for some eye-opening insights on the purposes of public education. It's not a matter of bare information. Rather, the entire structure forces into the thought patterns of those subjected thereunto the slave mentality, the notion that it is normal to only think as told, when told, for as long as told, and about what told, by a paid agent of The State.

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