Christians, do you want America to be a theocracy?

Question

It seems that a lot of CHristian lobbyists are trying to make Bible study mandatory in public schools. Just curious.

Answer 1

It would seem that way...with God on our currency, in our Pledge, in our schools, in our courthouses and a proposed "national day of prayer."

Our government panders to them....

Answer 2

I love the democratic process. More so 20 years ago than today, but its important to maintain. With that said, there is not going to be a theocracy ever in this country. Some people are spinning their wheels on this and not realizing that actual Christian belief dictates exactly the opposite. How many true born again Christians do you know? I meet less and less in my small part of the world in Seattle. There is no fear of Christians taking over, trust me on this one.

Answer 3

Hmmm, a "straw man" and "less and less" (perhaps in Seattle). C'mon over to NC where I live and take a poll...I think you'll find a different take. BTW, I'm from Ohio and I suspect you'd find the same consensus there too. The far right Evangelical agenda for the US is real and needs to be dealt with.

Answer 4

Question; The 'scriptural' Christianity or the present 'practiced Christianity of the USA Bible'?
One of the present sources of division in 'Christianity' in USA is the addition(s) to scripture that are in most Bibles.

Answer 5

This country was founded on Christian principles as a Christian Republic with democratic rules in a time when most citizens were of Christian upbringing to escape persecution in Europe. Most of the founding Fathers saw to it that only people of high Christian values were to be considered for election. Indeed, most of the early schools started in this country were done so to make sure people and children could read their Bibles to enable them to understand Christian principles. If we continue on a path of lower and lower moral standards, our country will go the way of other democracies in history as they cannot sustain themselves.



HOW LONG DO WE HAVE?

This is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad thing about it, you can see it coming.

I have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is interesting to see it in print. God help us, not that we deserve it.

How Long Do We Have?

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government."

"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury."

"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most ben efits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years"

"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:

1. from bondage to spiritual faith;

2. from spiritual faith to great courage;

3. from courage to liberty;

4. from liberty to abundance;

5. from abundance to complacency;

6. from complacency to apathy;

7. from apathy to dependence;

8. from dependence back into bondage"

Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:

Number of States won by:
Gore: 19
Bush: 29

Square miles of la nd won by:
Gore: 580,000
Bush: 2,427,000

Population of counties won by:
Gore: 127 million
Bush: 143 million

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Gore: 13.2
Bush: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..." Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.

Answer 6

A) No.

B) Ain't gonna happen. This is a straw man. knock it down.

Answer 7

The establishment caluse doesn't allow it.

Answer 8

Some actually REALLY do.
But that majority don't. I'm not all that worried.