Should the term Christ be officially added to the USA name to help clarify to foreign countries what the USA stands for?
Other?
http://www.beliefnet.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_on_the_Family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Theocracy
2007-11-26 00:02:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it should be called Jesus Land. Its a little bit shorter and easier for people of limited education.
2007-11-26 00:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Despite the fact that something like 70% of americans claim to be Christian, the fact is they are capitalist first and foremost.
Christianity, afaik, is pretty clear on the subject of money. It says it is bad. e.g.
"it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:235, Luke 18:25
"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." Luke 16:13:
It would seem that a lot of this 70% of "Christians" don't actually listen to these teachings. Wrt to these parts of the Bible they are not christian.
It would be better to rebrand the USA as the United Church of Capitalism.
2007-11-26 08:11:51 · answer #2 · answered by some_pixels_on_a_screen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The name is already taken by a Liberal protestant denomination that was a merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in the USA
The USA needs to maintain the Ist Amendment of its Constitution to have real and unrestricted( except by basic rights of others,ie ban on human sacrifice,slavery, polygamy, corporal punishment,honor murders, etc) free exercise of religion( even that of unreligion) balanced by no national ( which functionally would need also the nonestablishment of any particular sect or denomination locally)establishment of a religion (or unreligion)
Christianity is the majority "faith family" and Abrahamic Monotheistic family" takes in even more but the free exercise needs to be uncoerced so that all can profess their particular theology or anti-theology without slandering,libeling or calumniating the others.
Such things as tax exemptions for non profits( since taxing them directly would be double taxation of the members since they alteady pay taxes and noprofit is really made) and even private religious school tax credits and tax deductions for charitable contributions actually aid free exercise of religion or secularism and uncensored thought and they do not establish any particular religion or antireligion.
2007-11-26 08:24:23 · answer #3 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think every nation knows what the USA stands for, It stands for freedom, I can go anywhere I want to & any time, I can give my political veiws without being arrested, I can take a vacation anytime I want to, I can stay home & not worry about the government coming into my house, I have the freedom to say what I think of each Presidents, But there is one law that pertains to all, even though we can tell people what we think of our president, we CAN NOT THREATEN his life, that is against the law in all 50 States. I can stand face to face with President Bush, & if I thought he is stupid, I can say that without being arrested, You see we have freedom, & we owe it all to our Military people for keeping America Free. Yes we do have crime as any nation, yes we do have Policemen as any nation. We have freedom to do what we want just as long as it is not against the law, nor does it infringed on anyone else privacy.
2007-11-26 08:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no unity in Christianity - several hundred denominations exist at the very least. I would continue to build up Jefferson's wall (the separation of church and state) - rather than go through the wars of religion that Europe wasted several hundred years on.
2007-11-26 08:09:16 · answer #5 · answered by HonestTom 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I take it you have absolutly no problem with sharia law, islamisim and fundamentalism taking over the rest of the world then....
You just wan't things 'evened up a bit'. Put the US on a level playing field so when the bombs start falling you can officially say 'This Nuke's from Jesus!'
2007-11-26 08:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by Sly Phi AM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
While I don't agree that we are secular, I really wouldn't want America being a representative of Christ. This country is bad enough off without people associating this behavior with Christ.
2007-11-26 08:08:21 · answer #7 · answered by tcjstn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you crazy fundies ever actually turn this nation into a theocracy, I'll be the first one aiming an AK-47 at you.
2007-11-26 08:21:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. We are a secular, constitutional republic with freedom of religion. No national religion.
And if we don't start standing for something more rational, there won't be a country left to name.
2007-11-26 08:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Ya know, normally I don't agree with Corrosion EAC about anything lol, but on this one I agree. We have no national religion and I'm glad for it.
I want just as much freedom in choosing my religion as Corrosion does :)
2007-11-26 08:08:12 · answer #10 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋