Posted on 09/15/2001 10:31:50 AM PDT by ServesURight
The United States of America is a Christian nation again.
The Terrorist attacks have renewed America's faith in God. There will be no more ACLU/People for the American Way lawyers screaming about politicians and government officials openly praying anymore.
There will no more lawsuits against city officials and residents who display religious symbols during Christmas. No more outrage against high-school teams praying before games, no more Supreme Court decisions.
The atheists at the ACLU were probably defecating in their pants at the site of Congress and President attending the National Cathedral, and at the site of millions of Americans holding candlelight vigils and prayer groups across the country.
I dare the Left to make "seperation of church and state" an issue now.
Regards,
L
I take my religion with me everywhere I go. Sorry that it bothers you.
As an agnostic, I believe in neither God nor Satan nor anything supernatural.
As such, I can not address to your viewpoint.
I can say, though, that many of the 'Christians' (re: Alas with his sign off: "Nukem")
seem to contradict your second sentence and thus makes it hard for me to differentite the various Abrahamic religions.
Sorry, try again. From Founding Fathers by M.E, Bradford:
In addition, with no more than five exceptions, they were orthodox members of one of the established Christian communiions. An internal transformation of American society in the direction of a secularized egalitarian state was the furthest thing from the minds of these men. The majority of them were committedd to representative government, to the continued existence of the soveriegn states, and to the dependence upon the virtue of the people acting as independent, political, economic, and moral agents as the best security for the hope of a common future.BUT they also believed in the imperfection of human nature and had no patience with the notion that men were essentially good or that insitutions were the culprit in the darker chapters of history....They were closer to Hobbes than Rousseau.
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”--John Adams, 1798
As a matter of fact most states had established state churchs and were encouraged to do so. One of the first election laws to be ignored and eventually discarded within these United States was the one requiring men to be Christian and of good moral background.
This tragedy has begun to move this nation into a closer walk with God, uniting us again and relying not only on what we can see but our faith as well. May God indeed bless America
I was not forced to worship in the privacy of my own home, behind drawn curtains. I was not prohibited by law for turning to my faith for comfort with countless of other citizens. I am a Presbyterian, when I saw the Reverend Billy Graham standing at the end of the aisle, I knew all would be well, not because I was forced to listen to him, because I respect him based on judgements I make.
Seems to me the separation of church and state worked perfectly yesterday. The state did not force us to worship, nort did it prevent us from worshipping with those of our choosing.
While a majority of Americans may have been Christian when the country was founded, the new country itself was officially acknowledged NOT to be based on Christianity by the Founding Fathers:
As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion--as it has itself no character of enmity against the law, religion or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslims], ...This treaty was negotiated during Washington's administration, concluded on November 4, 1796, ratified by the Senate in June 1797, and signed by John Adams [2nd U.S. President] on June 10, 1797.
-- Article 11, Treaty of Peace and Friendship between The United States and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, 1796-1797.
Now be it known, that I, John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said treaty do, by and within the consent of the Senate, accept, ratify and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof.
If people don't want to pray, then don't pray. Just don't tell those of us that choose to that we are somehow offending you with our prayers. We have the right to pray anywhere, anytime, and in front of anyone. I am offended by a lot of behavior that others engage in, prayer is a personal freedom that hurts no one.
Beautifully said, Don!!!!!
No, but if have to choose between the ACLU and Jerry Falwell blaming the attack on pagans, liberals, gays last month's Little Leaugue Basebll scandle I will pick the ACLU every time.
Give me the free and strong America of my grandfathers, when public expressions of religious faith were not mocked and held in derision.
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