RE: Christian Nation
October 27, 2012 at 11:43 pm
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2012 at 11:43 pm by chi pan.)
(October 27, 2012 at 11:34 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(October 27, 2012 at 11:29 pm)chi pan Wrote: christianity was obviously a deep part of their culture, also shown by all patriotic songs including our national anthem having God in it.
God? Kinda generic, don't you think? Now if they said Yahweh, you might have a case, but as it stands...
please, what other God would they mention in their intention? like i said, you can argue definition but not intent.
Rev. Rye Wrote:More of a matter of linguistics than anything else. This was in the time when just saying 1787 wasn't self explanatory.if that were the case, they could refer to is as AD, as that did exist at that time, or at very least in the year of christ's birth. saying in the year of our lord implies devotion. otherwise "our lord" would not be there.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
