We are not a Christian Nation.
By that I do not mean that the majority of religious believers in this Country are not Christians, as they are. Rather, in spite of the gratingly annoying noise emanating from the Hobby Lobbyists, the US of A was founded on political principles derived from, for the mos…
By that I do not mean that the majority of religious believers in this Country are not Christians, as they are. Rather, in spite of the gratingly annoying noise emanating from the Hobby Lobbyists, the US of A was founded on political principles derived from, for the most part, the Enlightenment. On the subject of religion, Messrs. Locke, Montesquieu, Diderot, etc. were skeptical, to say the least.
But that does not mean that principles whose origins are found in the Christian Bible, Catholic or Protestant, and in various church teachings have no place in politics. The trouble comes in when those who are, as I see it, mostly faux religious, misusing their claimed Christianity as a tribal weapon of exclusion, the exact opposite of the teachings of the Prince of Peace.
Carry on indeed! Good call, Bruce.
We are not a Christian Nation.
By that I do not mean that the majority of religious believers in this Country are not Christians, as they are. Rather, in spite of the gratingly annoying noise emanating from the Hobby Lobbyists, the US of A was founded on political principles derived from, for the most part, the Enlightenment. On the subject of religion, Messrs. Locke, Montesquieu, Diderot, etc. were skeptical, to say the least.
But that does not mean that principles whose origins are found in the Christian Bible, Catholic or Protestant, and in various church teachings have no place in politics. The trouble comes in when those who are, as I see it, mostly faux religious, misusing their claimed Christianity as a tribal weapon of exclusion, the exact opposite of the teachings of the Prince of Peace.
AMEN ! Daniel !