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"The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
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"The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 1:34 am
Do people actually read about the founding fathers or...
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 1:37 am
That's when you ask them where democracy, equality under the law, self-determination and the right to life, liberty and happiness exist in the Bible, and after you wait awhile, you'll never get a satisfactory answer because every single one of those items is meaningless to the Christian belief system.
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 1:40 am
In fact, most of the things you listed go AGAINST the Christian belief system.
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 1:46 am
As many of the Founding Fathers were decidedly deists, there is a serious lack of conclusive data for anyone to assert that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. Please call these assholes on their bullshit whenever the opportunity permits.
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 1:46 am
Oh trust me when the opportunity arises I never hesitate.
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 10:51 pm
I've always had a hard time understanding why a bunch of deist would found a Christian nation that is "in no way founded on Christian principles".Thinking
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 11:12 pm
They love to have the ten commandments everywhere, despite the fact that only two commandments are laws. Laws that pretty much any culture would have. Though when you have a country that's predominantly christian, they'll say not only is it a christian nation, but it was always meant to be.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 11:25 pm
Xtianity gave us the Divine Right of Kings. The enlightenment gave us the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

Fuck the jesus freaks, I say!
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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 11:29 pm
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If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 20, 2014 at 11:34 pm
Theocratic fascists betrayed American values when they changed the national slogan of E pluribus unum to "In God We Trust". It amounts to treason in my opinion.
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