Posted by
Steven Dickinson on Friday, August 04, 2006 9:40:24 AM
Despite ignorant statements that the United States was never a Christian nation the evidence points to the fact that the US was started as a Christian nation. You can find this evidence in the writings of our founding fathers.
Take a look at the U.S. Constitution which states that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights." This is proof enough that the United States of America was started as a religious nation.
The ACLU and others enjoy their motto of "seperation of church and state" and try to tell us that it is in the constitution. First, the separation of church and state is no where in the US Constitution. Second, it was mentioned by one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson in a letter written January 1, 1802.
The fear at this time in history was that man would fear government just like they had once feared the British government. The actually line in Jefferson's letter reads as such,
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make not law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state." Click Here to read the whole letter
Obviously, this wall that Jefferson is talking about (to a Baptist association) is to keep government out of the church not the churches out of government. Many of the preachers during the creation of the constitution preached sermons directing their congregations to take action in their government.
Yes, this great nation was founded as a Christian nation. Plus, a Christian nation with a constitution declaring that the US Government should not tell her citizens how they should think or what they should believe religiously. This is the perfect place for people of other religions to come and believe what they want without any persecution. No other country has had such a constitution such as this in the 1800s.
We need to hold fast and not let the haters of Christianity pull down our freedoms. We started as a Christian nation and we need to keep it that way. For the good of all Americans no matter what their faith or religion or creed is.
Steven Dickinson
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