Administrators Gail Posted December 9, 2013 Administrators Posted December 9, 2013 "... As religious bigotry knows no such thing as enlightenment or progress; as ecclesiastical ambition never can be content without the power to persecute; so from the beginning, complaint has been made against the character of the United States Constitution as it respects religion, and constant effort has been made to weaken its influence, undermine it's authority, and subvert it's precepts." p.699 I found this statement to be pretty profound... Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Gibs Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Now our constitution is no longer regarded and the world is seen to have come into it's Christianity. Our great Christian Republic has been lost. China says, China is rising America is falling. I've seen a terrible change in just my 82 plus years. 1Jo 4:4 ¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Quote A Freeman In Jesus Christ
ClubV12 Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 You know I was going to say whoever wrote that must have read the Great Controversy. Then I checked, A.T. Jones! I just downloaded the PDF, don't know if I will read it, but will certainly scan it. Quote
Administrators Gail Posted December 10, 2013 Author Administrators Posted December 10, 2013 Jones does a wonderful job of differentiating between morality and civility. To declare the United States a Christian nation does away with the freedom of conscience. The strongest Christians are not ones that are legislated to be that way. A government cannot rule people's beliefs and it is not a God-given task to even try. It really is an excellent book! Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
ClubV12 Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 "To declare the United States a Christian nation does away with the freedom of conscience." Now THAT is "heavy", the implications in that statement far reaching. I'll have to chew on it for awhile. Quote
Gibs Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 America is now a "democracy" and in that the majority rule. So who now is in the majority now might be a question needing to be answered and how we must deal with it as Christians, not pseudo Christians but fully true Christ's followers. 1Jo 4:4 ¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Quote A Freeman In Jesus Christ
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