The majority of people who live in the USA are Christians. Why does a minority, like Atheists, able to force our Government to change our laws to limit Christian rights and free speech, when it is evident that our Country was formed by Christians, for Christians. Our Country was blessed in the past. Why risk losing the favor of God, by kicking Him out of our Country, our Schools, our Government, our Families, and our Lives. Our Country has slid downhill ever since we elimitated prayer from our schools. See www.wallbuilders.org for the evidence. Why change things if they are not broken?
2007-06-15 05:37:04 · 44 answers · asked by Apostle Jeff 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am talking about the Hate Crimes Bill which is targeted against Christian values and speech. Also many other bills which are coming up to undermine Chrictian influences.
2007-06-15 06:01:13 · update #1
Sometimes atheist assert that there is no proof that God exists. The only problem is that an atheist cannot logically make that claim.
In order to state that there is no proof for God's existence, the atheist would have to know all alleged proofs that exist in order to then state that there is no proof for God's existence. But, since he cannot know all things, he cannot logically state there is no proof for God's existence.
At best, an atheist can only state that of all the alleged proofs he has seen thus far, none have worked. He could even say that he believes there are no proofs for God's existence. But then, this means that there is the possibility that there is a proof or proofs out there and that he simply has not yet encountered one.
Nevertheless, if there was a proof that truly did prove God's existence, would the atheist be able to accept it given that his presuppositions are in opposition to the existence of God? In other words, given that the atheist has a presuppositional base that there is no God, in order for him to accept a proof for God's existence, he would have to change his presuppositional base. This is not easy to do and would involve a major paradigm shift in the belief structure of the atheist. Therefore, an atheist is presuppositionally hostile to any proofs for God's existence and is less likely to be objective about such attempted proofs.
2007-06-15 05:40:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 9⤋
LOL.
Why risk losing the favor of God, by kicking Him out of our Country, our Schools, our Government, our Families, and our Lives. Our Country has slid downhill ever since we elimitated prayer from our schools. See www.wallbuilders.org for the evidence. Why change things if they are not broken?
you have alot to learn.
2007-06-15 05:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by jen 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here is a rebuttal of your incorrect beliefs:
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..." - Opening statement of Article XI of The Treaty of Tripoli, approved by President John Adams and ratified unanimously by the Senate in 1797.
So, less than nine years after the formation of this government, everyone agreed that Christianity had nothing to do with it. Now, 210 years later, people like you are ignorant enough to think Christianity was the guiding force. That's sad.
The words "under God" weren't added to the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954. Currency, in its original form, contained no reference to any god. This country was founded in the manner it was because the Founding Fathers knew the dangers of allowing religious beliefs into law. They had seen these dangers first-hand when dealing with European nations, and they wanted Americans to be protected from ignorance, intolerance, and injustice that came with the abuse of power religion had always shown. Shame on you for wanting to allow the continuance of such hatred.
2007-06-15 05:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The truth is there is a long seperation of Christians self regulating religion OUT of goverenment. For hundreds of years the Christian majority realized that if you mix Church and State, you degrade both. With the rise of Jerry Falwell, that changed recently, so Atheists, long content to be the rational minority, have had to stand up and be heard. We are not forcing anything on any one, we are fighting for the same thing that our Founders fought for, freedom for not just one but all no matter how small their voice.
2007-06-15 05:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The country was not formed by Christians. Many of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were atheists who wanted religion as far away from the government as possible because they saw how detrimental a ruling religion could be. Thus, the seperation of church and state (their idea, not a modern one) was created.
2007-06-15 05:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
What an absurd assumption. You cannot run for president in America unless you lay claim to being a churchgoer. Prayers open every official gathering of politicos and military people.
You are sworn in on court on The Book.
You Christians have controlled the agenda in America for hundreds of years. And yet here you claim to be a victim. Why? Because Atheists and others feel free to express their opinions... That really pisses you off.
God bless you little chowderhead. Winning everything is not enough for you. I suggest you start a movement to put non-believers in death camps. Then you can supress everyone who doesn't believe in your 'gentle Christ'...
Bleahhhhhhhh. You disgust me.
2007-06-15 05:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nobody is trying to limit rights of free speech. I believe freedom of religion is a point that Athiests lobby for. Religion is a personal preference, and there are plenty of Jews, Muslims, Bhuddists, and Pagans in this country too, and it is unconstituional to force Christian beliefs on those people. It's time that the Christians of this country focus on their own faith, instead of trying to push it on everyone else, and adopt the live-and-let-live attitude that Athiests tend to preach.
2007-06-15 05:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel-Pit Police-DSMG 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hate to inform you but the United States is a SECULAR nation and your god doesn't belong in our public federally funded school system, our government, our families or our lives.. if you want to worship that god in private, that's fine. But our country is not in any way founded on christianity (see Treaty of Tripoli article 11). Get over it.
2007-06-15 05:43:26 · answer #8 · answered by Kallan 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Regardless of the beliefs of the founders (most were not christian in today's sense of the word), America was created to be a secular republic.
I read a bit of the site you linked to, and it's obvious that they're either lying and distorting the history of the founding of America, or they're woefully uninformed. Either way, they're wrong.
If you care about the truth, you will read the Constitution, and the contemporaneous writings of its authors.
2007-06-15 05:53:06 · answer #9 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first - atheism is not a religion - it is in fact the absence of religion.
second - most of the problems created with display and inclusion of christian icons (the ten commandments, prayer in school, etc) have been caused by religious sects inability to agree on any single concept.
I agree there are a lot of things wrong and there are a lot of things I personally believe should not ever have been attacked, but unless we recognize the correct cause, we can never hope to 'fix anything.'
2007-06-15 05:43:41 · answer #10 · answered by phrog 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you had any clue, you would know Atheism is a disbelief in god, not a religion. But since you are a member of a religion you can only see things in your terms.
Blinkered is the word that springs to mind.
2007-06-15 06:37:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋