Many people believed in manifest destiny, meaning they were destined to claim America. Most American settlers were Protestant, and this belief was no doubt induced, at least partially, by predestination theologies and other religious intrigues.
George Washington is even divinized in certain paintings and such. People went a bit loony about America simply because it was liberation from Europe for the first time in their history.
That being said, it's no surprise that somebody would reach upon an idea that America is the New Israel. The American generations after revolutionary times would've been inclined to agree.
What you say about the history of the American Settlers and their belief in manifest destiny is highly interesting when considering those impacted by it...and the ways that even the Founding Fathers seemed to be later deified over it.
This ties into the issue with how just because others felt themselves inclined to believe in Manifest destiny doesn't mean that they had any real basis for saying their basis was truly a Christian one. As said elsewhere ( #
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FreeMasonry/other corrupt religious actions were accepted by the Founders in our country since day 1---something that has NEVER been Christian in our nation and has harmed the U.S since it was allowed and participated in---no different than Israel when it allowed idolatry and witchcraft into the land. All of that is something that goes along with the theocracy dynamic since men accepted FreeMasonry believing they could still have God lead/rule the nation through them...and that's never cool.
And it's present everywhere. It's no surprise that the land has always had the drama it has and has landed up where it is today since many cursings were brought in from the very beginnings-----for it was already an issue when a curse was brought due to the bloodhshed/mistreatment of other groups in the U.S (something many noted would bring God's judgement)....but the evil of Freemasonry sealed a lot.
And when seeing many global issues arising, you'll often see FreeMasonry arising in the background as being connected to and a part of it. For reference:
One man of God I'm aware of - known as G.Craig - actually sought to touch on that one when talking on the ways our culture has been cursed with the tendency to deify others because of precedent
A lot of folks from that era noted that having religious principles found in the Bible is not the same as practicing fully what the Bible said or what CHristianity was meant to be about - and that's seen in the sheer amount of times things were discussed in regards to FreeMasonry as well as making room for paganism/Enlightenment Thinking..which was humanist in nature/only acknowledged the Bible as far as it seemed to support moral values all accepted.
George Washington was a freemason and a deist. He wouldnt take communion with his wife. ...and he was also what's known as a Unitarian ..and due to his Unitarian views, held stances that supported both Christian principles and non-Christian beliefs such as Deism and other things. For reference:
One can also go
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here. John Adams spoke harshly at times about Christianity and religion in general in his private correspondence. He was a Christian
Unitarian that believed the church service was good for everyone because it promoted morals and values among the masses. Thomas Jefferson, as a Diest, went so far to deny the divinity of Christ. He even created his own compilation of Jesus life from the gospels, which he entitled,
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. He removed all evidence of the supernatural for a presentation of Jesus as a good moral teacher who is only to be admired, not worshipped. And there are other examples of where things they did/began were FAR from being what the Lord had in mind with Biblical laws
In example, there are pictures showing the Founding Fathers as gods..which is not surprising seeing that
most of the Founding Fathers were very much into demonic things such as Freemasonry. There was one statue I remember seeing of George Washington IN D.C that had him in the form of a Greek GOD when I was visiting the place back in 2009. Seemed like they were trying to express the regal nature the president seemed to have and take it to another level, just as others have done often..
Additionally, the dome of the Capitol features in its occulus an incredibly significant painting that reveals the philosophical, spiritual and political aims of the Founding Fathers. Right in the very centre of the cast iron dome in the U.S Capitol is a painting of George Washington, ascended to the pantheon of ancient greek deities.
Astonishingly poor theology for 'one nation under God', but evidence of the high esteem George was held in by his 19th century successors. The building was completed (from memory) in the 1820s.
And there are many others besides that.
It's not hidden. I'm surprised many more don't talk on the ways the Founding Fathers were often deified multiple times and no one said anything on it for centuries. I'd wager that many don't tend to look for it due to assumptions they've already accepted on the Founding Fathers being fully dedicated believers and soldiers for Christ as has often been said by others in the Religious Right and others who had an idea of Christianity in mind which they supported/felt the FOunders did as well ( with the use of Biblical Language/scripture in their speeches being what influences others
to see the history of the nation as being Christian in origin ), thus causing confirmation bias and people seeing what they have already been trained to see/zoom in on....
even when the other darker aspects of what were present in the nation's founding/consistently growing are out in the open...from the monuments of our capitol to the things presidents swear into before taking office (like
Bohemian Grove, if not aware of it - very dark reality )...and a lot of other mess.
Some of those things I honestly was not aware of until I went to D.C for myself...with it being the case that read my Bible that morning on idolatry and what King Josiah did in
II Kings 22-23 when loving the Lord and yet having no clue as to the many things surrounding him that were evil...and although I was aware of things like FreeMasonry and other things present, some of the other things I witnessed there really made me feel VERY uncomfortable/perplexed as to how open it was and yet no many caught it.
And when I saw that, it made so much sense as to why people tended in our nation to do the things they did - and still do.
Nothing that has happened is really new...
