When will you christians get it that this is all OUR country and it is NOT based on your bible or your God?

Question

This country belongs to all Americans regardless of religion, superstition, or lack there of. We are based on freedom and the roman-greco concepts of rule by the people, not on Judeo-christian-islamic theocracy and divine right of kings and sultans? Only three of the 10 commandments are even constitutional in this great land of the free that I and many others have fought for and many have died for. It is true that we once had the christian institution of slavery, but we evolved socially and no longer hold to that barbaric doctrine. If you want to live in a theocracy country, Iran is always welcoming imigrants to their scripture based society. Good luck, but us Americans will continue to be a beacon of freedom, scoentific progress, and secular government despite your best efforts to take us back to the dark ages.

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this is an example of what I am talking about!

Answer 1

OUR LAWS WERE BASED ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND OUR MONEY SAYS IN GOD WE TRUST AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN MY GOD ARE JUST LOST AND ARE CHILDREN OF SATAN WHO CAME TO KILL STILL AND DESTROY ITS ALL RIGHT GOD IS GOING TO TAKE US OUT OF HERE AND EVERY ONE ELSE CAN STAY ON THIS EARTH AND BURN BURN BURN I CAST ALL MY CARE UPON MY LORDS JESUS CHRIST I LOVE YOU BUT IF YOU WANT TO BURN THAT'S YOUR CHOICE NOBODIES CONDEMNING YOU JESUS DID NOT COME TO THE EARTH TO CONDEMN IT BUT WHO EVER DOES NOT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME IS CONDEMNED ALREADY

Answer 2

My friend are you trying to destroy this site on Q&A? I come here to think and also to enjoy for I do get a lot of laughs as I do read many of the answers given by many who say they are Christians.

Oh yes there is another view maybe Ha ha. I left America 31 years ago at the age of 35 because I felt that the so called progress was really regression and I wanted to find another place that was a little slower in this area. Do note I did not say an area of progress for in my limited world travels meaning all the US of A and the Far East I only saw regression which was called progress. I personally see the whole world digging a hole deeper and deeper that will one day result in total elimination of the known earth humankind calls their home.

Absolutely such is just my opinion and you are free to reject it. That freedom of choice is just the same as I see here on this Q&A and I do want it to continue as is for now. I do enjoy my visits here almost daily.

Have a goodday and do smile like me a "NO"



I do respect your view, but please do not insist of taking away my smiles and laughter. If all the so called Christians did depart then this section would be all sertious reasoning and debate between some thinkers. Is that what you want?

Answer 3

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
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And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

John Hancock
Declaration of Independence


It has been shown that while not all the founding fathers were "born-again Christians," they acknowledged the truthfulness of the Bible and the authority of the Creator over His creation. They applied these concepts to the legislative process, the judicial system, and standards for life. They devised a system of government "designed for a Christian people. It is wholly inadequate for any other."

Answer 4

well. I disagree. Here is why.

An Atheist is a "scoffer". The WORD of God, clearly tells, ATHEISTS are filhty rags they are, and to stay away
from them, and avoid them. We are NOT to plant seeds. God knows it is useless and that is why he tells us,
"You stand firm against them" ( Jer.17:8 14:1 Iah 44:4) You disassociate them completely. Any Believer that
does not abide in God's own Word, does not know God, according to God Himself.
Atheists are "chaff" A simile of the wretchedness of the wicked. Chaff is carried away by the lightest wind, and
it's removal brings about cleansing by extracting what is utterly useless. (Ruth 1:22). They will NOT stand in the
judgment. They will NOT be able to withstand God's wrath when He judges.( Pslams 76:7 Exra 9:15). This is
not my opinion, this is God's very own Words, in the Bible. You know, the BIble? The same Bible atheist scholars quote. There is a reason God, said this. Psalms.1.1-3 Jer. 17:8 14:1 12. 1-2 18:9-10 Prov1.10-19 (vs 5)

scoffers:(atheists) those who ridicule God and definatley reject His Law. Prov 1.:22 Ruth 1:22 Jer 18:7 (pull

down-destroy) 1:10 (evil-calamity) 18:11

Hate? Where do you get hate? If God's TRUTH is hate too you, then, so be it. You and God, can and will discuss the means of your scriptural interpretation, consisting with a man-made defacto on a motion of plea bargin I guess. I dunno.

Answer 5

"but us Americans will continue to be a beacon of freedom, scoentific progress, and secular government"

Yeah, your leaders are doing a real great job at that. The American education system is in shambles, it's falling behind on research, and freedoms are dropping like flies. Enjoy your encroaching fascist state, I'll be in Europe.

Answer 6

Why are you so ANGRy? I am a christian and I believe in the 10 commandments. Even if you are not a christian, these are pretty common sense rules to live by, that is, if you bother to find out what they are. Try reading them and see what they mean. It is just simply treating others right and doing right. To do a job right you have to have a plan and the commandments are the plan for living your life.

Answer 7

The words "separation of church and state" are not found anywhere in the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or even the Declaration of Independence. That phrase comes from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association. Furthermore, the "wall of separation between church and state" that Jefferson referred to in his letter was clearly meant to protect religious freedom and to prevent government from attempting to take away our God-given unalienable rights.

So how did the phrase "separation of church and state" become a part of our vocabulary? On June 25, 1962 in Engel v. Vitale the US Supreme Court used the "separation of church and state" argument as its basis for banning prayer in public schools. Their decision marked the turning point in the interpretation of the First Amendment. In the case, the U.S. Supreme Court ignored 170 years of history, legal precedent, and the clear intent of First Amendment, by interpreting the Establishment Clause to prohibit religious activities in public settings. The 1962 ruling was the first case in Supreme Court history that did not cite any previous legal precedents in making its decision. Within a year of the court's ruling Bible reading, religious classes, and religious instruction in public schools were also declared unconstitutional.

Answer 8

did we evolve socialy or did we evolve secularly

besides morals are always opinion. and americas freedom is an expression of our selfishness of wanting to be sooo independent to the point of doing wrong things and being stupid.

we need more authoritative government to where people need to stop being soo stupid and talking about how much they dont like everything and everyone and they need to get a life and they wont have to worry about other people....

by the way the person who answered this question at the top as "thank you" is retardo because thats not even an answer.

point is that everyone should shut up and stop making up reasons to be free to the point of stupidity i guess

actually there is no point. people who ask these questions are stupid. and actually we are all stupid... even me

We ALL SHOULD GEt A LIFe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! weeeeee

Answer 9

Haha i particularly like the dark ages comment. Maybe if we pray over everyone with the bubonic plague, then they'll get better and we can go back to normal. Oh wait, now it's spread to us and we'll be dead in a week. Yesssss

This whole concept of the Bible-beating politician needs to cease.

Answer 10

...actually, it was Puritans, Quakers, and others you should be mad at for this, to be fair. They set up a large amount of the faith-based doctrines America was founded on. The catholics didn't come in till later after much of the Western Christ-based religions became a wee bit more fractured than they already were.

Answer 11

America was never founded on the Christian religion. It was only in recent times that Christian fundamentalists attempted to hijack the nation for their own narrow-inded aims for a theocracy.