“but the founding fathers knew specifically that religion was always a contention amongst those who seek freedoms and rights from our constitution, "The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. " our country is not a christian one, but made up of all religions and non belief. all men made equally by "their" creator. means you have the right to believe what you want. the bible sure does espouse moral truth, but its not the only one. and its not perfect. non of them are.”
The reason for not making the church and state one and the same was to prevent the government from telling Christians how to worship. In England the king was also the head of the church. People coming to America wanted the freedom to worship on their own terms. The early settlers of America were Christian. It was not building a pantheistic paradise of Buddhists and Hindus and Christians in America. The Founders were actually very clear about their dislike of Islam and it’s incompatibility with American ideas. They never would have allowed them to immigrate. The ideas of America come from Christianity.
Around the world Christians are often kidnapped, raped, and slaughtered by Islamists. It happens frequently in Africa. Whole villages.
All religions are Not the same. They do not believe the same things or produce the same cultures or morality.
The Bible is the one that provides the Way, the Truth, and the Life. This nation was blessed when it followed that collectively and individually.
“now i don't need the bible to know that lying is bad, my parents taught me this”
Your parents are Christians and taught you that and they learned it from the Bible.
The Bible is not a book for moral living, it’s a record of history that invites one into a relationship with the Creator God. While the human condition is broken, God wasn’t just interested in helping us right that, but wished to commune with His creation again that rejected Him. The morality of God is reflection of the character of God. If you like His attributes than that should lend to a respect and even worship of the Source, God Himself.
Being a Christian reflects the character of God to respect personal dignity and free will, that is why as long as non-Christians aren’t harming us we generally respect their choices of beliefs even if we disagree with them. That is why atheists and even other religions can exist around us. However that is breaking down in America now, because non-Christians (secularists, Islamists, etc) do not value traditional American culture or politics that stems from Godly ideas. When Christian ideas become the minority, you have situations like girls being kidnapped in Sweden or Africa.
“but the founding fathers knew specifically that religion was always a contention amongst those who seek freedoms and rights from our constitution, "The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. " our country is not a christian one, but made up of all religions and non belief. all men made equally by "their" creator. means you have the right to believe what you want. the bible sure does espouse moral truth, but its not the only one. and its not perfect. non of them are.”
The reason for not making the church and state one and the same was to prevent the government from telling Christians how to worship. In England the king was also the head of the church. People coming to America wanted the freedom to worship on their own terms. The early settlers of America were Christian. It was not building a pantheistic paradise of Buddhists and Hindus and Christians in America. The Founders were actually very clear about their dislike of Islam and it’s incompatibility with American ideas. They never would have allowed them to immigrate. The ideas of America come from Christianity.
Islam is a political religion that requires you to submit or be executed. Today this is what Islam produced today: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/04/tunisia-mother-explodes-herself-and-her-baby-in-jihad-suicide-attack
Around the world Christians are often kidnapped, raped, and slaughtered by Islamists. It happens frequently in Africa. Whole villages.
All religions are Not the same. They do not believe the same things or produce the same cultures or morality.
The Bible is the one that provides the Way, the Truth, and the Life. This nation was blessed when it followed that collectively and individually.
“now i don't need the bible to know that lying is bad, my parents taught me this”
Your parents are Christians and taught you that and they learned it from the Bible.
The Bible is not a book for moral living, it’s a record of history that invites one into a relationship with the Creator God. While the human condition is broken, God wasn’t just interested in helping us right that, but wished to commune with His creation again that rejected Him. The morality of God is reflection of the character of God. If you like His attributes than that should lend to a respect and even worship of the Source, God Himself.
Being a Christian reflects the character of God to respect personal dignity and free will, that is why as long as non-Christians aren’t harming us we generally respect their choices of beliefs even if we disagree with them. That is why atheists and even other religions can exist around us. However that is breaking down in America now, because non-Christians (secularists, Islamists, etc) do not value traditional American culture or politics that stems from Godly ideas. When Christian ideas become the minority, you have situations like girls being kidnapped in Sweden or Africa.