Sunday, June 30, 2013

America Is NOT Christian---Or Any OTHER Religion, Either!

     Sorry to burst your bubble, patriots, but it's true. The Declaration Of Independence only mentions "creator", not God. The reason being to keep our nation from coming under the rule of theocrats, regardless of religion. Why do I have to remind you of this? Once our country "declares" for one religion or another, the others will inevitably become "foreign". Look at what's happening in the Middle East. Do we need that? And that's how it would be, even under Christianity.
     Before the Bill Of Rights, back before the Constitution, we had religious tyranny. Hell, the Puritans came here to establish their form of  Christianity, and they persecuted whoever disagreed with them. Ever hear of  Roger Williams? No, not the composer but a pastor who was forced to flee to Rhode Island in order to have his own church, free from the control of the Mayflower bunch. He was lucky. Had he been Catholic he might never had a chance anywhere in the colonies. Yes, Catholics were universally hated throughout the colonies. Maryland, which had been established by Lord Baltimore as a refuge for Catholic colonists, had already been taken over by rabid so-called proper Christians who had promptly "restored" the "heretical" colony to Protestantism, and "lawfully" reduced Catholics to near peons. Quakers had similar problems in some colonies, so did Jews. Nevertheless, Catholics remained political pariahs---almost to the candidacy of John F Kennedy!
     Do you think we won't make the same mistakes should you "patriots" succeed? Declare America to be Christian and you've destroyed everything our Founders fought for. They were Deists, you ninnies, not Christians! They believed in a God who'd "wound up the universe" like a clock and given it to us to take care of---not your wimpy idea that Man is so evil he can't save himself but needs some "savior" to die on a cross because God supposedly couldn't think of a better way. Gimme a break! And what would happen to non-bible faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.? Please, don't "reassure" me that we'd still have religious freedom under a theocracy. We all know better.
     Remember the First Amendment, where it says "Congress shall make no law... respecting an establishment of religion..."? Do you actually know what it means? It means no religion is to be declared the "established" religion of America, period. Or do you plan to re-write everything? Of course you do, else how can you declare America Christian? Well, I'm not stupid. I happen to like the Constitution just the way it is, thank you. We who aren't Christians have rights, and we intend to keep them. Just letting you know...

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