A facebook friend
recently posted a lament that our country is at risk at no longer being a
“Christian nation”. He went on to
post that…” we were birthed from the womb of
Biblical standards and our CONSTITUTION is based on Christian values”.
Although
I agree with his comment about our values and the undeniable cultural
influence of the Bible on our social and civil mores, I am not sure what he
means with the term Christian nation.
The
men who drafted our constitution made it quite clear that there was to be a
separation of church and state.
Even with the influence of those biblical values, we are not a theocracy.
Nowhere in the constitution does it say that Christianity, or even
Theism, is an official state sanctioned belief. We are a nation that allows its citizens to embrace any
religion…or no religion.
Regarding
the values that have guided our country for so many years, it is presumptuous
to claim them as exclusively Christian.
Many people of different faiths or no faith embrace those same values,
and it is offensive to non-Christians to imply otherwise. To call ourselves a Christian nation simply denies value to anyone who does not wear that label.
(For further comments on "Values" see my post on March 14th of this year.)
(For further comments on "Values" see my post on March 14th of this year.)
5 comments:
amen!
amen to that!
amen!
Very well put.
I am old enough to remember when we did not say "under God" as part of the pledge, and I remember those days fondly.
b
Very well said Bill.The most important part of the founders is that freedom. Europe had a history of torture and death for anyone who dared to choose another belief. That separation has become blurred in some parts of the country. I was appalled to see that the city council begins with a prayer.Let us not go down that road
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