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Do Americans Trust in God?
Townhall.com ^ | December 31, 2013 | Terry Paulson

Posted on 12/31/2013 11:39:20 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/31/2013 11:39:20 AM PST by Kaslin
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I trust in God and pray for our nation everyday.He will deliver us in the end!
2 posted on 12/31/2013 11:48:16 AM PST by spincaster (Spincaster)
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To: Kaslin

In G-d we trust.

All others: Pay cash!


3 posted on 12/31/2013 11:53:22 AM PST by donmeaker (A man can go anywhere on earth, and where man can go, he can drag a cannon.)
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Usually people who’ve come up on to an insurmountable problem. They need G-d until they don’t need G-d.


4 posted on 12/31/2013 12:01:49 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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I trust in God and love Him with all my heart. I am an imperfect human but He sees me as perfect. I am so sorry for those who have not sought Him out and received Jesus as savior. Eternity will happen. Where is up to each individual.

God bless everyone!


5 posted on 12/31/2013 12:04:11 PM PST by ruesrose (The Anchor Holds)
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To: Kaslin

I can sum it up in one word.

Idolatry.

Gods correction for this is never pleasant.
Except for the believer who is expectant of it.

I crave Gods correction for this world without any
any reservations.

Come Lord Jesus.


6 posted on 12/31/2013 12:08:17 PM PST by right way right (What's it gonna take? (guillotines?))
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To: Kaslin

Always put your trust in God-—never government.


7 posted on 12/31/2013 12:16:06 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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Bump


8 posted on 12/31/2013 12:27:00 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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WATCH Duck Dynasty, Duck Commander, Phil Robertson talk - why this country needs a lot more Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrHucQubx_E


9 posted on 12/31/2013 12:50:41 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Do Americans Trust in God?


Which God?...... There are so many designer Gods...


10 posted on 12/31/2013 1:10:11 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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There are many gods the world chooses from. There is one God that chose the world.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


11 posted on 12/31/2013 1:20:30 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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I trust that every step our country takes that gives God a colder shoulder will result in greater catastrophe.


12 posted on 12/31/2013 1:43:05 PM PST by stevem
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.


13 posted on 12/31/2013 2:17:30 PM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Kaslin

As for me and my family we will follow the Lord.


14 posted on 12/31/2013 2:18:28 PM PST by JamesA (You don't have to be big to stand tall)
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15 posted on 12/31/2013 2:37:50 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: hosepipe

Maybe there is for you. For me there is only one


16 posted on 12/31/2013 2:39:38 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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There is only one God for me


17 posted on 12/31/2013 2:40:45 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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I think Americans are increasingly trusting in reason. With the internet, people can now weigh religious claims much more efficiently than ever before. They can examine Christianity (its theological statements, its purported miracles, etc) and compare it to other religions, like Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or what have you.

They can look at the evidence for each and decide if there are good reasons to choose one faith over the others. They can debate those with different cultural and philosophical perspectives and see if, by putting on someone else's shoes, they can better understand why others come to very different conclusions about religion and God(s).

It seems to me, if Christianity can stand up to this critical examination at the hands of the "everyman" that information technology is now facilitating, then America will continue to be religious. If it can't, America will become more secular. Either way, reason (which is responsible for an incalculable amount of good in our society) will have won out. It will mean America has chosen what to trust wisely, and that will be a good thing.

18 posted on 12/31/2013 2:58:56 PM PST by BearArms
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Wrong. In politics today, half of the American people are not trusting reason. This administration is probably the most unreasonable administration ever. Half of the population prefers it that way.

Anyhow, you present a false dichotomy. Reason is not what separates. What separates is a preference for the body over the soul and an temporal life over an eternal life. You think the ancients didn't trust in reason.

19 posted on 12/31/2013 3:05:37 PM PST by cornelis
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"Wrong."

LOL...I love it when people do that. Have a great new year!

20 posted on 12/31/2013 3:13:53 PM PST by BearArms
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