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Religious propaganda wrapped in pseudo-patriotism
Don't waste your time on this. It's another one of those "Founding Fathers created a Christian Nation to glorify God" fantasies. Despite the well-documented facts that many of the founders were either agnostic or at most deists, the myth persists that somehow this was a Christian nation, blessed by God from the beginning. I'm as patriotic as anyone and a Marine vet and would still fight for this country I love, but I am sick of this myth.
The first people that came here were largely trying to escape state-religion, but then set about to create their own in each colony or settlement. I'm very big on religious freedom, freedom of thought and conscience, as well as speech, but am sick and tired of this same story. It's not much different than a Christian Taliban. I'm quite sure some of those that founded the nation did indeed think that they had been given this continent by God. That's why they had so little problem moving and removing the "savages" that were already here not to mention the various witch hunts.
The main message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is to love one another as He loves us! Not just the others like you that are in the same church, but ALL of the others. All the rest is dogma, footnotes and the apostles efforts to try and understand this while figuring out how to build a new church/faith.
The comments would certainly seem to validate my observations on misunderstanding the message and why it is so important to keep from having a State religion.
August 2009 · Books