Given the way that America was founded and the way American policies have strayed from Christian teachings how can we really say we are proud to be American?
2006-07-17 09:38:23 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not a "US hater". I cheered for the US during the World Cup, that's football suicide. I do, how ever believe that I would have stayed on the English side during the revolution. I just want to know mostly if any one else has seen these problems.
2006-07-17 09:47:44 · update #1
People came here to be free and have religious freedom.
How do we get back to being the much stronger people we once were? We have to clean house. How long would my home last with the bugs, dust, rain, sun, rust, rain, termites if I did nothing? Not long! We have to understand that our constitution and way of life has been under attack for over 200 years. We need to look at the blueprint, understand it, clean house and fix the pillars.
We used to be on a solid rock, but we have allowed the foundation of our nation to shift, to get eroded, and now we are on quicksand. I fear for the future.
2006-07-17 09:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by Cogito Sum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to stop hoping. It doesn't matter. America was never a "religious" country like England or France. Simply in the past, the Judeo-Christian morals were more prevalent. Nothing in the Constitution or Bill of Rights is directly related to any relgious document.
By the way, I'm a Christian.
2006-07-17 16:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by infernomanor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cullin,
Yes, I can be proud to be an American. The straying away is evidenced by the types of responses that you are getting.
I'll bet these people responding to you don't even have a book aboout the founding fathers in their possession, let alone read one.
You just keep your eyes on Jesus. These are the signs of the times. You ready to go?
2006-07-17 16:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. I am a Born again Christian, and proud to be an American. I am free to worship my Lord anytime. Other countries dosen"t have that freedom. May God Bless America.
2006-07-17 16:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by concerned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the freedoms America provides for it's citizens. The country didn't stray the people strayed. America wasn't found, it was taken from the Indians.
2006-07-17 16:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Zeta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course. as both, i am apalled by the events that lead up to our society as it is now, but i see the ability to evolve our politics and our prejudice so that we may become more proud.
i know some are going to say that the u.s. was not founded as a christian nation, but read the documents such as the declaration of independence, and others. they will prove that the intent was to not specify whether baptist or catholics or other group was to be a state religion, but the involvement of God is there for all to see.
the separation of church and state was not in the constitution or any other federal document. this was a letter sent between founders that wanted to forbid a state run church, but it was never put in the constitution or ammedments, in any form other than to state that a person cannot be persecuted or prosecuted for their religious beliefs.
-eagle
2006-07-17 16:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by eaglemyrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can be proud to be AMERICAN! :)
To be an american, doesnt mean you have to embrace all of its policies!
Be your own person, be a child of God...be first proud of the person God has made you!
And then be proud that God has put you in a free and rich country- your a blessed person!!!
:) I dont see anything wrong with it.
Im a proud canadian married to a proud american!
-D-
2006-07-17 16:48:58 · answer #7 · answered by danae_rachelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
america was never founded on christian beliefs. Quite the contrary. The founding fathers were adamant about keeping church and state completely seperate.
After all, freedom is the distance between the two.
2006-07-17 16:44:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because not all Americans have abused what had made this country great and blessed to begin with. The percentage that haven't can still hold their heads up and pray for the rest of us!
2006-07-17 16:44:48 · answer #9 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't America founded on rebellion, not wanting to pay taxes and the right to own slaves?
What parts of that are Christian again?
2006-07-17 16:44:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋