“It hurts me when I hear the Christians say "this country was founded by Christians", to me, when someone says this, they might as will burn the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and everything else this country was founded on b/c what they are actually saying is that the people that founded this country were only in it for the persecution of their religion and only their religion, or to the fact that this country and all the things that go with it are only in favor of the Christian religion.”
This weighed heavily on my mind as I must have thought about it during my slumbers; causing me to rise early to review several articles which I had shared in the past in order to respond to this one line. The rest of your quest to find yourself will have to be resolved through your own investigations; however, I can enlighten you with historical facts which run contrary to what you have come to accept, either through the public school system which is not permitted to teach historically accurate information if it runs counter to the prevailing anti-religion agenda or through casual contact with those who are ill informed. In either case you have made a statement which runs against establish facts.
In a nut shell, this country was founded by Christians. I will now go about documenting where you may read those facts which support that statement. If you get your feelings hurt it most likely will start with your forehead as it runs smack into the wall of facts which you have overlooked up until now. I wrote the following article which was published in American Daily; rather than simply refer to it, I have included it in its entirety followed by some references to other articles I have written. I would suggest you read them with an eye toward establishing the facts upon which to determine who has led you astray; was it your father or was it some other source of information?
You won’t hear this being taught in school
http://www.americandaily.com/article/10057
A friend of mine sent me an email which directed me to visit a site, one which he thought I would find of interest. He’s of the opinion that too many Christian bloggers avoid any reference to their religious beliefs when dealing with the secular world. Maybe he’d read enough of my articles to understand that I’m not one to shrink away from my beliefs. I include a special thanks to Mary Jones for preparing her website; here are some of the quotes I found:
http://www.wtv-zone.com/Mary/forsakenroots.html
“Thomas Jefferson wrote on the front of his well- worn Bible: "I am a Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator and, I hope, to the pure doctrine of Jesus also."
Does this sound like a man who wanted to establish a wall of separation to keep religion out of government? The letter which Thomas Jefferson wrote; the one that contained the now famous “separation” line used by the Supreme Court as a means of removing religion from America has been taken out of context when compared to Jefferson’s overall acceptance and dependence on God’s influence for good in our society.
“Was Patrick Henry a Christian? In 1776, he wrote this "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here."”
Can this be the same America that was begun so long ago, the one to protect Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness or was that simply one of the stages necessary to break away from the King of England so that some other similar form of tyranny could takes its place, one we call Socialism? “Forbid it almighty God!”
“James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, said this: "We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments."”
And yet the Supreme Court denies the important link between the Ten Commandments, general morality and the rule of law. A small lesson might be in order, one from the Book of Mormon, Alma 9:8. “Behold, O ye wicked and perverse generation, how have ye forgotten the tradition of your fathers; yea, how soon ye have forgotten the commandments of God.”
George Washington added his council as he bid farewell; having served in the capacity of President and having no desire to establish the notion that he was their King. For lack of space I will not include Washington’s entire Farewell Address; for today’s purpose, this will have to do.
"It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible. Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, our religion and morality are the indispensable supporters. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that our national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
I have mentioned in previous writings, this nation was the direct result of Divine influence. I will continue to include my belief that we, as a nation of individuals, are only as powerful as we are humble and bow before our Maker. We cannot accept the nay sayers, those who would have us believe that the State is our god; Forbid it almighty God!
This past week (November 5, 2005) I wrote an article on the same basic theme. It can be viewed at the following URL:
http://tfsternsrantings.blogspot.com/2005/11/ultimate-in-psychopathology-anything.html
I have written on related themes in the following:
The Constitution as a Living Document
http://tfsternsrantings.blogspot.com/2005/10/constitution-as-living-document.html
In God We Trust
http://tfsternsrantings.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-god-we-trust.html
Author of Libertyhttp://tfsternsrantings.blogspot.com/2005/05/author-of-liberty.html
Now, to make a clear statement of my belief; I believe that this country was devinely set apart for the purpose of establishing a place where the fullness of the Gospel could be brought about, that being accomplished through the religious freedoms which had been built into the framework of our Constitution. The Creator mentioned in the Declaration of Independence is the Lord, even Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. His hand guided and directed those Founding Fathers to articulate their thoughts and provided the means necessary to support the fledgling nation until such time as it was able to separate itself from its European strings. I believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God, acting as a second witness to the Bible to illuminate and convince us that Jesus is the Christ, that He lives and is the way by which we may all return to our Father in Heaven. I leave you this, my testimony, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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