In a past post I may have commented on Obama's inflaming words. It is a blessing to know that I was not the only one that felt upset at his pathetic, contempt towards Christians and America, comments.
I applaud Congressman J. Randy Forbes, Republican Virginia-4th District, words and I want him to know that he has my support. We have soldiers of Christ fighting the good fight and at least the fruit of this congressman shows we are willing to counter in this battle against a Godless group of people such as our current president Obama and Atheists.
tinyurl.com/JudeoChristianNation
*sigh*
ReplyDeleteThis is like playing Whack-A-Mole.
Here we go. AGAIN:
"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." - Treaty of Tripoli
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." - 1st Ammendment
"...no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." - Article IV, Section III
All of the above carries the weight of LAW, and STRICTLY establishes the United States as a secular nation within which everyone is free to practice the religion of his or her own choosing. Whether that be Christianity, Scientology, or Raelism or none.
If the people of the present moment choose primarily to practice the Christian religion, the government does not get involved at all in any way shape or form.
We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation of, OF, Christians, and Muslims, and Hindus, and non-believers, and Scientologists, etc.
It's called the Melting Pot, and the antithesis of it is Saudi Arabia. If that's what you'd prefer, by all means...
Why do we have to keep going over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this over this and over this and over this?
From Aricle 11 of the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli:
ReplyDeleteAs the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
That was in 1797. The President was John Adams -- the first Vice President of these United States, and the second such President. If that statement is not an explicit statement unanimously ratified by the U.S. Senate, in the very infancy of this nation, directly opposed to this stupid post, then I'm a giant turd.
Damn. Beat to the punch. Sloppy seconds for me, then...
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Stan
Dan,
ReplyDeleteThrough our history the USofA has been a country of competing Christian sects.
However, our founding document, the Constitution, is totally secular.
Thus we are a secular government of a country with a lot of so-called Christians and one thing the constitution does best is to guarantee that no one will be persecuted for not believing in one of the hundreds of competing Christian sects. It is that way for a reason.
Good grief. Obama reaches out to a group of people that have been ignored by the presidents beforehand (atheists), and you complain.
ReplyDeleteI suppose you want to go back to the good old days when Bush Sr. said that atheists couldn't be truly considered "citizens" since the USA was "one nation under god". Never mind that that motto wasn't put in place until the 1950's...