religious pluralism
| Posted On: 05/28/08 02:16:02 PM |
Age 21, MN |
The religious language in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution was fairly vague and pluralistic. I believe the only references to Jesus Christ were in the personal writings of the Founding Fathers. All the language used in legal documents were very vague, and only assumed the existence and supremacy of some Creator deity. These documents did not the contain the dividing concept between Christianity and all other religions, and that is Jesus Christ. -Dan Smith
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- CHOOSE JESUS CHRIST
| Posted On: 05/29/08 01:17:36 PM | | Age 64, OH |
The DofI was based on the writings of John Locke who has this on his tombstone: "Of good life, you have an example in the gospel". The DofI refers to The Creator which is Jesus Christ. These principles in the DofI were principles that were taken from the Bible that was written by The Lord Jesus. There is no other religion that holds to these principles, except that of the Bible of the Lord Jesus. The Pilgrims were the foundation of this nation and they based their whole life and government on knowing the Lord Jesus. Was Israel a nation that was faithful to God, of course not. But Israel was a nation founded by God. Is this nation faithful to Jesus Christ, of course not. But this nation was founded by The Lord Jesus Christ through Christians and for Christians. We can read in the Bible what happened to the people who lead Israel away form The Lord. The same thing will happen to those who lead this nation away from the Lord Jesus. We need to choose this day which group we will join; those who lead our nation to Jesus Christ or those who lead it away. Lou
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Exactly!
| Posted On: 05/28/08 11:07:22 AM |
Age 35, CA |
Shane is right on and his research is excellent. Me must redeem this nation throught the use of historical documents as well as bringing out the truth of God's word. All other sources are subjective and relative to their authors preconceived ideologies.
Nice job Shane
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Is the U.S. Constitution the highest law of the land?
| Posted On: 05/28/08 09:24:08 AM |
Age 61, MO |
Article Six of the Constitution says: "This Constitution, and the laws of the U.S. which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under authority of the U.S., shall be the supreme law of the land; and judges in every state shall be bound thereby." This is what the framers wrote, but the following quote from John Q. Adams is closer to what they were thinking: "Our political way of life is by the laws of nature, of nature's God, and of course presupposes the existence of God, the moral ruler of the universe, and a rule of right and wrong, of just and unjust, binding upon man, preceding all institutions of human society and of government." Either God's natural law is the highest law or the Constitution is. It can't be both. "No man can serve two masters." In the early days of America the existence of a Higher Law was taken for granted. Most people knew about the Higher Law because their ministers taught them about it. The founders didn't think to word Article Six as carefully as they should have, because they didn't dream that the whole world would someday return to the arbitrary legal system of the stone age. George Cancilla
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Never was!
| Posted On: 05/28/08 06:41:53 AM |
Age 45, PA |
There is no such thing as a christian nation, or even a christian church. There is only the small number of the elect surrounded by millions of unregenerate church people. America's religion is idolitry, call it capitolism, Americanism, churchianity, the entertainment capitol of the world, or a disgusting mixture of all four.
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