(October 29, 2012 at 10:02 pm)apophenia Wrote: Let's cut to the chase. Let's say we were a Christian Nation, whatever that means, but have fallen away.
What should we do now, and why?
this is not a persuasive topic, it's an informative one.
(October 29, 2012 at 10:14 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(October 29, 2012 at 9:44 pm)chi pan Wrote: I've been saying we were founded as a Christian nation and have changed.
And who's to say that's not for the better?
After all, when Europe was full of Christian Nations, it was also full of scenes like this:
And, no, this isn't a witch being burnt, just your ordinary run-of-the-mill heretic.
![[Image: HooperBurning.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fb%2Fbb%2FHooperBurning.jpg)
did any of this happen after the US were established? no, then this is not a concern.
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
