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Is America a Christian nation?
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Is America a Christian nation?
Is America a Christian nation? What if one of our Presidents
had been a Primitive Baptist from Tennessee? Should he have felt right about
insisting that no citizen play musical instruments in church or hand out
temperance society tracts?
Would Americans have approved of anyone who had insisted
that we were, and should act like, a Primitive Baptist nation? A Baptist
nation? A Protestant nation? A Christian nation?
Actually, in the greater scope and scale of history, this
continent has only very, very recently changed from being a collection of
native tribal civilizations. We are presently a diverse nation of immigrants.
The framers of our constitution were careful to draft a
secular document that gives our government authority drawn exclusively from the
people. It is structured to actively resist the overriding influence of any
special-interest group without having to resort to another revolution.
Our elected President is expected to represent all
Americans. He is responsible for managing a civil society that protects life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all of us. Modern civilizations like
ours work best when
