RE: Christian Nation
October 27, 2012 at 8:49 pm
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2012 at 9:05 pm by Spectrum.)
Jesus Christ, this is so simple... Some of you (yes, you, atheists) are taking this far too seriously.
The Constitution, which is the first document to substantiate the United States as a wholesome country, did not acknowledge a supreme being. It also clearly grants us the right to choose any religion we would like.
Nothing else matters. The US is not a "Christian nation", and even if it was started as one, current statistics indicate that Christianity has become more fragmented than ever.
Wrong. Europeans were originally "pagan", which is an umbrella term for a naturalistic spiritual system, consisting of a way of life and multiple, fallible deities, that didn't need churches and priests to force the religion onto others. That natural preference is why Europeans are now mostly secular: Christianity is partly Jewish in origin, was forced onto Europeans, and has now lost the power needed to stifle descent. Since Europeans are more knowledgeable of the natural world via science, they no longer have the need to believe that things like lightning are the work or manifestations of other beings. Therefore, Europeans are shifting to what is more of a natural way of life, without the mysticism and uncertainty present in earlier times.
The Constitution, which is the first document to substantiate the United States as a wholesome country, did not acknowledge a supreme being. It also clearly grants us the right to choose any religion we would like.
Nothing else matters. The US is not a "Christian nation", and even if it was started as one, current statistics indicate that Christianity has become more fragmented than ever.
(October 27, 2012 at 12:28 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Most, if not all, european countries became official sovereign countries by a
They all began christian... worse, catholic!
And now, look at them... mostly secular and it's mostly the elderly that attend religious ceremonies.
Wrong. Europeans were originally "pagan", which is an umbrella term for a naturalistic spiritual system, consisting of a way of life and multiple, fallible deities, that didn't need churches and priests to force the religion onto others. That natural preference is why Europeans are now mostly secular: Christianity is partly Jewish in origin, was forced onto Europeans, and has now lost the power needed to stifle descent. Since Europeans are more knowledgeable of the natural world via science, they no longer have the need to believe that things like lightning are the work or manifestations of other beings. Therefore, Europeans are shifting to what is more of a natural way of life, without the mysticism and uncertainty present in earlier times.
