Saturday, July 7, 2007

A Short History Lesson

This posting is really from something I found on another blog regarding our nation and its Christian roots. This will especially apply to the ACLU and other atheists who seem to hate our country and deny the existance of God - at their own peril. The ACLU stands for the American Civil Liberties Union. Personally I think it should really stand for the American Communist Lawyers Union. Anyway, who’s civil liberties do they protect? It seems like only those people who are not Christians or who don’t believe in God. Why are they so adimate about protecting the beliefs of atheists? Seems to me a little discriminating which goes against the whole notion that they are an organization that defends our basic rights. It is funny how, it's ok for a person who does not believe in God to make comments like, “Organized religion is generally a stain on humanity,” or "Believing in God is a crutch for the weak minded." Now don't get me wrong, I'm fully behind someone's right to say things because his or her right to free speech is included and protected in the constitution. What I do take issue with is, if that same person does not believe in God, why is it such a big deal to him to get God out of the public’s view? Is he/she, trying to control what people believe or not believe? If in that person's mind God does not exist, why do they attack the belief system of those who do believe in God? I mean...since they're so much smarter then us why not leave us to our “superstitions.” If God does not exist with them then why worry about how we incorporate God into “our” lives? It seems to me a little history lesson is needed here.

The constitution’s intent on government and religion was that government would have no say in what religions this country would practice. In other words, our founding father's did not want the government to dictate one specific religion to the people, forcing them to worship in that manner. Instead, our founding fathers decided that people would be free to worship as they pleased. That means that if the people wanted to see “In God We Trust” on their money then the government would have no say in that. That means that if the people wanted to display the Ten Commandments in public, then the government would have no say in weather or not they could. The constitution never stated that you are protected from being offended from a simple term such as, “In God We Trust.” The ACLU and all it’s followers seem to have the belief that the constitution has some kind of protection clause so that they and their followers won’t ever get offended. There is no protection for offense...if there was then free speech would not fit into the equation and we might as well live in communist Russia or China. So, were our founding father really Christians? The ACLU and their ilk would have you believe otherwise but below are some quotes from some famous Americans, our founding fathers and others who loved our nation and fought for its religious liberties. I apologize if some of these also appear in my previous post.

HISTORY: Immediately after creating the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress voted to purchase and import 20,000 copies of Scripture for the people of this nation. Patrick Henry, who is called the "firebrand of the American Revolution," is still remembered for his words, "Give me liberty or give me death"; but in current textbooks, the context of these words is omitted. Here is what he actually said: "An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death." These sentences have been erased from our textbooks.

Was Patrick Henry a Christian? The following year, 1776, he wrote this: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here."

Consider these words that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the front of his well-worn Bible:"I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our creator." He was also the chairman of the American Bible Society, which he considered his highest and most important role.

On July 4, 1821, President Adams said: "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: "It connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."

Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States reaffirmed this truth when he wrote: "The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country."

In 1782, the United States Congress voted this resolution: "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.

"William Holmes McGuffey is the author of the McGuffey Reader, which was used for over 100 years in our public schools, with over 125 million copies sold, until it was stopped in 1963.President Lincoln called him the "Schoolmaster of the Nation." Listen to these words of Mr. McGuffey:"The Christian religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our nation, on the character of God, on the great moral Governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free Institutions. From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. For all these extracts from the Bible, I make no apology."

Of the first 108 universities founded in America, 106 were distinctly Christian,including the first, Harvard University, chartered in 1636. In the original Harvard Student Handbook, rule number 1 was that students seeking entrance must know Latin and Greek so that they could study the Scriptures: "Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life, John 17:3; and therefore to lay Jesus Christ as the only foundation for our children to follow the moral principles of the Ten Commandments."

James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, said this: "We have staked the whole future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments."

Most of what you read in this article and my previous post has, sadly, been erased from our textbooks. Unfortunately, revisionists have rewritten history to remove the truth about our country's Christian roots. You are encouraged to share this with others, so that the truth of our nation's history will continue to be told.

God bless

Robert

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