whitestar said:
Two very very important things are going on here...first the US was founded ON the Christian belief system....if you look in history the whole reason people left Britan was because they were being forced in to a reglion they didn't agree with...they had NO freedoms on reglions AND many other things...that is why they came to America to start with...to have the freedom to woship as they choose too...among other freedoms which is why we go to war and men and women die to protect those freedoms for us.
Actually, you are thinking of the Puritains, a very small minority of the people who eventually settled the American colonies under English rule. They were not particularly influential to the foundation of the country, they just happened to have the first surviving English colony on American land.
Also, as an aside, the Puritains were a bunch of idiots. They came over to the Americas with Bibles and guns, and that's about it. It was only through the generousity of the natives that they survived; they didn't think to bring anywhere near enough agricultural implements to support themselves!
whitestar said:
Back to the reason Christianty is being singled out. First our forefathers wrote the constition under the Christian reglion, NOT under the muslim reglion and so on....
They wrote the Consitution under no religion. To quote the Treaty of Tripoli, 1797: "...
the Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..."
( For all of you who think this might have been taken out of context, here is the entirety of Article 11 from the above document: "As the Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the law, religion or tranquility of Musselmen; and as the states never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mohometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinion shall ever produce an interruption of harmony existing between the two countries." )
whitestar said:
When you go to court and have to testify...you have to swear to tell the truth, the whole turth and nothing but the truth so help you....???? anyone know? and your hand is placed on what while you are swearing to tell the truth??? The Koran??? nooooooo....
You are not required to do either of those things, though it's relatively common.
whitestar said:
On our money, it says what? In --- we trust...
Put there in 1956 by morons who confused Christianity with American patriotism.
whitestar said:
The ten commandments AND other bible verses can be see on many court houses INCLUDINGING above FEDERAL judges heads in FERDRAL courthouses....on the Liberty Bell there is a bible verse inscriped on it...on Lincolen's Memorial and on and on and on. Our whole history on the development of the US has been centered around the Christian God.
Amazing bit of non sequitur there.
whitestar said:
Why has America...so very young compared to all these other nations around the world, come to be the most powerful in such a short period on time?
Apparently it has nothing to do with any political, social, or technological advancements the people of the US have made, it must be the magical sky-father!
whitestar said:
Our songs about America many times have God in them...people say God bless Amercia, NOT Allah bless Amercia...
Some of them do, some of them don't, and we don't say "Allah" because we speak English here, silly! Arabic Christians say "Allah," not God.
whitestar said:
The consitution is being distorted and HAS been for the last 50 plus years...no where does it say anything about seperation of the state and reglion like they are saying it...its SAYS the government/states are to NOT interfer with reglion...and the Federal government is NOT to interfer with what a state choses to do in regards with reglion. If lets say Kansas wanted to become a mostly Mullism state the Federal government cannot interfer with that. Yet they are trying to tell a state judge what to do and this is against the constition.
You don't even understand what the Constitution says and how it relates to the state governments. The Bill of Rights is enforced on both federal
and state levels. The states cannot legally violate the Bill of Rights any more than the federal government can. It also says nothing about "interference" with religion, rather it says it shall make no laws "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Further documents such as Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists have underscored the intent behind this amendment and establish in part how it is interpreted today.
whitestar said:
Second...I agree with Christian man...with the stink the few athesis out there are doing...trying to get Under God taken out of the pledge...prayer is out of school...gee notice school shooting went up after that?
No it didn't. School shootings, despite the media, have actually dropped since the 1950s.
Good grief, these kinds of diatribes reflect extraordinarily poorly on Christians. You really should try to be at least a little informed on topics you take the time to expound on at such length lest you tarnish the reputation of others.