Is there a Christian agenda in America...?

Question

Before anybody goes off on Christians or attacks me for attacking Christians, I have no problem with Christianity. In fact I have a deep respect for it even though I am not one.

Is there an agenda by fundamentalist Christians (some of them not all) to "Christianize" the United States? Also if this is true what impact is this having on the United States?

Answer 1

Yes, I believe there is such an agenda by a small group of people.

The impact it has had is changes in many of our laws. We teach creationism in some schools now, we do not allow new stem-cell lines to be created, and many states do not allow gay people to get married. There are others, but those are the big ones.

Answer 2

Everyone has an agenda. Homosexuals, Aetheist, corn growers. People want to be heard and it is freedom that has been given in the constitution. When a Christian stands up for a belief there is an automatic debate about fanatacism, agenda or control. As Christians we hold to beliefs that when taken from us we stand and argue forBiblically, some of us less eloquently then others. Our past has upheld these principles, but our voice has not been a prominent as others until lately because when it came down to it people understood the place of Christian belief and religion as a whole in a persons life. Now when we disagree with something we are treated as fools who have no voice. Please believe though that we understand the fight between Light and Darkness and will continue to fight that fight.

Answer 3

Everybody in America has an agenda.

Politically, I'm a Republican - I prefer LESS governmental involvement in our lives rather than MORE involvement (that's one basic difference in the two major parties). I do not like the idea of passing laws that force people to 'act Christian'. But I also don't like the idea of passing laws that force me to 'act un-Christian'.
The issue of same-sex marriage is a prime example. I do not like the idea of passing a law that says every man MUST marry a woman - I think that if a man wants to have sex with another man, that's between him and God (God has PLAINLY said that it's an abomination, but I won't push for anti-sodomy laws) On the other hand, I am also against any law that says I must acknowledge a proclaimed same sex marriage. To me, that is a state sponsored religious act - it is the state (government) SPECIFICALLY telling me that I MUST ignore my religious beliefs and ACCEPT those of some other. That's pretty plainly unconstitutional.

Lastly, I DO have an agenda - it is NOT to force people to ACT Christian. It is to offer Christ to people. The parable of the sower and the seeds tells me that it's neither within my power or my responsibility to make someone accept Christ - that's the job of the Holy Spirit - My job is that of the sower.

Answer 4

Everyone has an agenda. The religious right does aim to have America a Christian example for the world, but I would not readily identify the religious right as fundamentalist Christians but as political goons. But they have as much a right to their beliefs as you do yours. In America we vote as to what laws will bind us, so the religious right is not doing anything unlawful.

Answer 5

Without being rude or insensitive. Yes, if you look up statistics, over 82% of America is Christian. If you want to go even further back, the Pilgrims came over for religious freedom.

Last note: Our founding father was an Episcopal.

Answer 6

All people have their own agendas. However, I think in large part Christians have stood by and let others take away our freedom of religion by being passive resitant to the anti Christian ways of life that are now being espoused rather loudly. We can no longer have God in the school, in public (for fear of upsetting anyone who is not Christian), etc. We are largely looked upon as fanatics and zealots because of the small group of idiots who seem to scream louder than those of who who follow the more quiet path of Christ.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I think Christians have an agenda all over the world.

Answer 9

There has been a Christian agenda since this Nation was founded. It started when their efforts to get their God into our Constitution were rebuffed by our founding Fathers.

Answer 10

Is the Pope Catholic????

Of course there's a "christian agenda". All you have to do to see this is look at the fact that they need the name of their god on our currency and in our national pledge and in our courthouses.

They need school prayer legalized (under the guise of "a moment of silence"), they need government validation of their religious practices...they need people of faith in seats of power to promote their belief system...

How could you not see the christian influence on America???