I don't believe that I ever said I want this to be a Christian nation. I said that I wonder what happened to the Christian principals that this country was founded on.
My simple point is if you are raised with and live by certain values and principals, and those values and principals are based on your religious foundation, then that religious foundation will guide your way of thinking and living. So if this is true, and many (never said all, only many) of the founders of this country lived by some sort of religious principal, then when they were figuring out how to run this country those principals had to have something to do with their thinking. I agree that religion should not be injected into the government, just as the government should not interfere with religion. I know that the word God is nowhere to be found in the constitution. I know that the only references to religion are basically that people have the right to practice their religion of choice without fear of persecution I am all for the separation of church and state. So basically I am agreeing with a lot of what you all are saying. What I am seeing happen is that words are being put in my mouth. Again, I never said that this was a Christian nation. I never said that I want this to be a Christian nation. I never said that the word God or any other reference to religion were in the constitution other than what I typed above. What happened is by me making one simple statement, everyone got their panties in a wad and started to assume what I meant. Now in all fairness, I may not be wording this the way that it is going around in my head. This may be a case of I know what I am thinking, I just cannot get it out in the right manner to convey these thoughts properly. And yes, I am a patriot. I love this country, I have fought for this country and I will continue to do so. I would however have a very big problem going to war because someone thought that it would be a neat idea to turn this into a Christian nation. That is not what I want. Larry Lyons wrote: > You can believe what you want. However belief simply does not change the > historical facts. In other words opinions are not facts no matter what you > may wish. > > The writings of the various signers of the constitution were very much > against injecting religion into the government. Madison went so far as to > propose that no government support ever should be given to religious group. > Adams, Madison and Mason all wrote quite a lot against such issues as > exempting churches from taxation, having a chaplin for the house or senate or > any religious instruction in state sponsored education. > > I've gathered from your various posts that you consider yourself a patiot. > Given what others and myself have shown you regarding the attitude of the > founders (i.e., original intent), by wanting this country to be a "Christian" > nation, aren't you being somewhat unpatriotic? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
