Its American to champion the individual, to question authority and to question the status quo, to allow others to live in peace without bullying, to separate church from state, and to tolerate others. Do christians consider themselves patriots?
2007-07-03 11:48:00 · 19 answers · asked by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Semper Fi -- and you others. So what? You served in the military. What makes you think that makes you special. For your information, so did I. So did my brother. So did my father. So what?
2007-07-03 12:02:58 · update #1
God is an authority that refuses to be questioned, and Christianity says that some people are better than others, so Christianity is diametrically opposed to American ideals.
Oh well . . .
2007-07-03 11:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian, and I'm proud to be an American.
True, many American's champion the individual, but then there are many American soldiers who are giving up their own rights to serve the whole.
As far as questioning authority goes, many Americans do question authority. But in America when people break the law, they are prosecuted. Also, in corporate America when someone wants to work their way up the ladder, they learn to work with and support those in authority, not oppose them.
There's nothing un-Christian about questioning the status quo and wanting to do things better.
As a Christian, I think it's very important to allow other to live in peace without bullying them.
I believe in the separation of church and state. I'm thankful for this separation because I don't want to be forced to believe in something. I want to believe in Truth because it's true, not because someone is threatening to prosecute me if I don't.
I believe in toleration. The Bible says that we should do unto other as we would have done unto us. I want people to tolerate me and my beliefs, and I will do the same.
Like I said, I'm proud to be an American.
Happy Fourth of July!
2007-07-03 19:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by Go16 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes they do and that's the problem. If I were to tell you that (insert any act) that what you do is immoral and make a law against it, based on my religion. Then I have defied the constitution which allows all people to have and practice their own belief system. That is bullying in it's purest (adult) form.
I personally believe that ALL faiths have something in common. Which is a desire to make the world a better place based on the concept that I (or you) are not God and we are part of a bigger picture. It can be a supreme being to you or a state of conciousness but it is an attempt to bring a humans out of the instant gratification process and enlighten them to a long term idea that we are all here to do the best we can when we're alive.
Thanks for your question. A star for you!!
2007-07-03 19:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by Robert B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are my American ideas:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
2007-07-03 18:57:25 · answer #4 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being Christian, and being American are two separate things. One can be fully Christian, fully an American patriot, and oppose some of the 'American' belief system, past and present.
2007-07-03 19:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was mocked, persecuted and crucified because His ideas and what He was teaching was considered so rebellious and so questioning of the status quo. How is being a Christian, and following This Rebel make me un-American?
2007-07-03 18:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not all Americans are Christians.
I'm Christian and American. I've been bullied b/c of my belief, the state infringes on the Church and unbelievers don't tolerate me but I "must" tolerate them. I'm a proud American but I'm not always proud of America. Ya' dig??
2007-07-03 18:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by Gir 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It may be "American" to "champion the individual" but that is not what Jesus taught. Jesus went out to others. Not only others but the lowly of society: lepers, prostitutes, women (who had no status in society), the hated Samaritans, tax-collectors and the like. Jesus loved them to life!
2007-07-03 18:54:08 · answer #8 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
christians aren't JUST american. u can find christians all over the world. And by the way...Christianity originated in the middle east.
2007-07-03 18:52:16 · answer #9 · answered by may 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian, and like many other Christians I fought for the rights that you now enjoy. Many Christians are Patriots. We all do battle everyday against the enemy! God Bless You!
2007-07-03 18:55:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋