[Dog Gone]

Long, but excellent read. I agree with 99% of it. My one reservation is the emphasis he places on America being a Protestant nation, culturally, as opposed to being a Christian nation. I'm not sure that our national character would be that much different if our roots had been Catholic, provided that Protestant churches were allowed to flourish, as well.

Thanks for pinging me to this.

[LN2Campy]

If the USA was formed as a "Catholic" nation, it would not have turned out anything like it did. Arguably, there never would have been an American Revolution at all.

In the late 1700's, the Church was still very much a temporal power, and frankly, had essentially a stultifying effect on individual liberty. Only Holland and Britain, Protestant nations, developed representative governments and embraced individual rights. Catholic nations like Spain, Portugal and France remained pretty oppressive.

Not looking to flame, I was born and raised a Catholic and don't have any axe to grind with the Church. But the historical record is pretty clear.