Posted on 11/29/2004 7:24:42 AM PST by Pitiricus
We are not a Christian nation. If we were, we wouldn't have the problems that we have today.
Broccolli, celery, gotta be...
Interesting, yet flawed. John Adams and Gerge Washington were devout Christians. They make GWB seem like a non-believer.
Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin saw flaws in the main Christain denominations of their day, but both professed belief in Christ as the true Son of God.
Article paints with a very broad brush. It attempts to cover a books worth of info in a few hundred words making no shortage of errors along the way.
Just because a figure like Alexander Hamilton did not stick to a congregation does not mean that he was not a traditional Christian. Read McDonald's biography of Hamilton.
Particularly for an anti-christian with an agenda.
"We are not a Christian nation. If we were, we wouldn't have the problems that we have today."
I would agree that the majority of the people in this nation are not 'Christians', however, thus far the foundation that established this a Christian nation is still intact.
Rights endowed by the Creator man/government can not give or take. Remember the majority has never ever been on the 'RIGHT' side, and there is nothing new under the sun.
John Adams was unitarian...
As a Christian minister, I have to agree that the USA is NOT a Christian country. It is a country of many nationalities and beliefs. Just because leaders mention God alot does not mean our country is run accordingly. It has no politics of Christian values rather, it uses the Bill of Rights for its doctrine. It grants us the right of religious freedom, it does not dictate Christian values. Democracy is not Christianity.
No it isn't... But the United States are a Christian nation in a way European countries aren't any more... Just compare the Churches here and in Europe on a sunday...
Only a dimwit would confuse religions with denominations.
The poster hates Christians.
Welcome to FreeRepublic.
John Adams was a Unitarian and couldn't be called a Christian. JQA definitely was. George Washington--no doubt about his beliefs, they are too well documented, including his personal prayers.
I think it is best and wisest to say that we are a Judeo-Christian Society. I would agree to that description.
You're right. In fact, I remember reading a story about Washington where he forbade his troops to swear. He reasoned that "God would not look favorably upon our cause if we are not tempered in our speech," or words to that effect.
Don't you just love it when they try so hard to figure us out using flawed logic and misinformation.
No Christian nation would tolerate rampant infanticide.
I think so would the writer... He says that the Bible is what unites all the movements across time in the US...
Who are the great Jews in prominent American politics?
I don't understand the fascination with prefixing the correct term with the Jewish reference.
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