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Could it be that God has blessed this nation which is majority Protestant.

A country that embraces abortion and homosexuality? I cannot fathom God blessing this nation, morally vile as it is.

Well ... of course God has blessed this nation ... and continues to do so.

That He does so is surely not a testament to our national perfection, ... but because America, most recently of all nations, has been the source for the majority of christian endeavor, ... particularly since of the fall of Europe into it's post-christian era.

And certainly it is not, necessarily, America herself, ... which has embraced moral evil, ... but rather, it's (particularly judicial) leadership.

Note that Satan has struck most effectively via our nation's unelected leaders.

It has always been debatable whether the people of America have ever really embraced abortion (though certainly some have) ... and our last national election apparently turned (to the good) ... upon the issue of not allowing gays to encroach upon the godly institution of marriage.

We are, even now, taking back some of the ground that the liberals have stolen over the last 35 years.

Could it be that God has blessed this nation which is majority Protestant.

A country that embraces abortion and homosexuality? I cannot fathom God blessing this nation, morally vile as it is.

Well ... of course God has blessed this nation ... and continues to do so.

That He does so is surely not a testament to our national perfection, ... but because America, most recently of all nations, has been the source for the majority of christian endeavor, ... particularly since of the fall of Europe into it's post-christian era.

And certainly it is not, necessarily, America herself, ... which has embraced moral evil, ... but rather, it's (particularly judicial) leadership.

I've been meaning for weeks to touch on this America-self worship stuff. It's a kind of Protestant-lite sort of Dominionism. As if America is the most loved because we vote and have lots of money and property. It's such a myopic worldview and not dissimilar to how American liberal Catholics view things, as if America is the center of the Catholic world rather than about 5% of it.

And as to Christian endeavor? Joel Osteen books and Pat Robertson TV shows aren't what I'd consider great endeavors. I don't really see what America is contributing to the larger world on a religious level. It's all pretty self-contained. As to it being only the politicians (surely only the Democrats, of course) and judges that have embraced evil, think again. On abortion a very good portion of this country accepts it in at least some form. The fight's been lost for decades on contraception. Pretty soon we'll lose it on gay marriage, and shortly after that cloning. And it's not because some politician forced it on us.

This country is in a decrepit moral state, no matter what the unemployment rate or the GDP is. I can't speak for God, but my best guess is he doesn't really care how much the dollar is worth and if manufacturing is up, when he judges a people. This country beter wake up, morally before something happens that'll put 9/11, Katrina, and that tsunami to shame.