America is
a nation of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, pagans, agnostics, atheists... Name any religion and you'll find an American who follows it.
If we are
a nation of christians, then we should be compassionate to all cultures and religions.
You and your daughter have enjoyed the protection of
a Nation of Christians.
Regardless if there is or is not a God this nation was
a nation of Christians and Jews at its founding.
That practice might have been permissible in 1787 or 1812, but it does not pass constitutional muster in 2013, when the United States is, as President Barack Obama acknowledged in his first inaugural address, «
a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.»
America, it seems, has become
a nation of Christians of convenience, who trot Jesus out when he suits their politics and prejudices only to hide him away when he does not.
I agree: «America, it seems, has become
a nation of Christians of convenience, who trot Jesus out when he suits their politics and prejudices only to hide him away when he does not.»
It is so sad that America is STILL
a Nation of the christian cult.
There's a distinct difference between a «Christian nation» and
a nation of Christian majority.
Not exact matches
satan possesss all the postmoderners who try to blot the Name
of God out
of our
Nation's Government and the ones that try to silence the proclaimation
of the gospel by attacking
Christians who pray and hand out Bibles and excercise their religion publicly.
That makes us a
nation afraid
of christians.
Satan hisself speaking as we say in the
Christian Nation of West Texas.
so it seems the judeo -
christian nation should include with it judeo -
christian - muslim
nation if there really is evidence
of cherokee tribes being muslim.
If the idea that our beliefs are determined by our upbringing or geographical location then why the rise in atheism in America, a so - called
Christian nation (according to the rest
of the world and confirmed in polls... yet quickly denied by the U.S. media when addressed this way), taking off?
11:17... and before it, came the Book
of Musa (Moses), a guidance and a mercy, they believe therein, but those
of the sects (Jews,
Christians and all the other non-Muslim
nations) that reject it (the Quran), the Fire will be their promised meeting - place.
We are not a
Christian nation, we were not founded on
Christian faith but had it imposed well after the establishment
of this more perfect union — when fe ar
of being different (i.e. communist) was great enough to allow religion to be a significant part
of who we are as a
nation.
He has said gays are «destroying... the moral fabric
of my
nation» (FEAR) and «Like it or not... there are several sins, when practiced, that cause
Christians and non-chrisitans alike to shun.
The author seems to forget that there is no mention
of America being a
Christian Nation anywhere in the Const tution.
And yet in this deeply
Christian, extravagantly post-
Christian nation of ours, a number
of sincere believers find the life
of Christ and his saints somehow compatible with the sterile, preening, sub-adolescent egoism
of Objectivism.
Our government was founded by a combination
of Christians and Deists, but having studied the actions
of our government even against it's own people we haven't been a
Christian nation since the beginning, much as some people want it to be.
The original credo
of our
nation set by our founding fathers of «E Pluribus unum» (from many, one — or from many walks of life, faith, world views, we unite as one nation) has turned into «One Nation Under [a Christian] God.&
nation set by our founding fathers
of «E Pluribus unum» (from many, one — or from many walks
of life, faith, world views, we unite as one
nation) has turned into «One Nation Under [a Christian] God.&
nation) has turned into «One
Nation Under [a Christian] God.&
Nation Under [a
Christian] God.»
(Declaration
of Independence, 1776) They laid the foundation
of our civil liberty and our
Christian nation.
2) The notion
of the U.S. as a «
Christian Country» is revisionist history that started during the Cold War (when, for example, «under God» was inserted into the Pledge
of Allegiance, where for sixty years prior it had been absent) and continues today with people like Rick Santorum «wanting to vomit» at the notion
of a secular
nation.
There are those who believe the myth
of America as a «
christian nation», whose citizens ALL do have a Ticket to Heaven.
This country was basically formed to escape the horrors
of christianity; not to form a
christian nation.
You need lessons regarding the kind
of nation which America actually is — decidedly not a
Christian one — and an the distinction between Jews and Jewish Israelis.
Certainly they had good reason to implement the First Amendment as it was, given the history
of religious persecution in England, but they absolutely did not intend for anyone to consider the country a
Christian nation.
It's not like us, as a «
christian»
nation haven't done our share
of killing Muslims.
A yes, the «
Christian Nation of West Texas», where every fetus is sacred, unless it's one
of those Mexican «anchor babies».
The Trussell Trust, a
Christian charity and the largest operator
of food banks in the
nation, paid tribute to the «tireless» people
of its unpaid workers but said they can not replace the welfare system.
Staging or not, the primary players in the support
of the Isreali state, U.S. and Britian, were
nations that were primarily
Christian and would have incentive to make sure a prophecy was fulfilled.
And here I thought it was when John Adams said, «The United States is in no way a
Christian Nation» that made the most supportive evidence
of the distinct line between church and state in this country.
When Santorum or Rick Perry was the nominee it was all about social issues and bringing us back to being a «
Christian nation» in good standing with God for the Republicans, we heard a never ending drumbeat about abortion, prayer in schools, teaching creationism, and trying to end funding for planned parenthood, even stopping the funding
of birth control.
I think the former prosperity
of this
nation had a lot more to do with being more WHITE than being more
Christian.
It is a searing indictment
of Christianity that a so heavily
Christian nation could embrace Nazism and engage in so much outright aggression against other
nations and peoples.
The one true God as known by the
Christian nation of Canada.
The cottage industry
of Christian critics
of the
Christian «pretensions»
of George W. Bush, or
of the
nation's looming» theocracy,» only adds to the sense, among thoughtful observers, that the whole lot
of them can be safely ignored and dispensed with.
(CNN)- As the Palestinians push for statehood recognition this week at the United
Nations, perhaps no group has spoken out more against the gambit - or has been more outspokenly supportive
of Israel - than
Christian Zionists.
The man who murdered a Muslim shopkeeper who wished a Happy Easter to his «beloved
Christian nation» has received a minimum
of 27 years in prison.
And can you please explain to me why when they specifically stated, such as the Treaty
of Trippoli, that the US is not, in any way, a
Christian nation..
When someone calls that Imam one
of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a
Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when
Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.
It might have has even more impact if the behavior
of the occupied Polish was compared to that
of many western
nations, run by
christians, who turned away Jews, literally by the boatload.
The author's theory that
christians, who make up, he says, a «sizable» percentage (10 %)
of the population, somehow changes the dynamics
of this (Egypt) predominantly muslim
nation and region is ludicrous.
We can debate the «were a
Christian nation» thing back and forth without getting anywhere, but to imply that the freedoms we have now came only from
Christian roots ignores the rest
of world history as well as the fact that its often been the Church impeding civil liberties and progressive movements.
The former Secretary - General
of the United
Nations and Coptic
Christian Boutros Boutros - Ghali has died... More
A
Christian Middle East expert has said Syrians will «starve and die» because
of the United
Nations» aid embargo on the country.
One
of those knuckle - draggers here... just wanted to comment that we don't believe that the U.S. is a
Christian nation.
Perhaps we should talk a moment about «
Christian» George Washington, who ordered the extermination
of the Six
Nations in upstate New York in 1778?
In nearly every
nation whose cultural heritage, moral and legal systems developed from this western,
Christian tradition, he is free to insult people
of faith as much as he wishes.
This reading
of Israel differs from the secular Zionism
of Theodor Herzl, who believed that the need for a Jewish state arose from the hostility
of Christian nations to Jewish communities.