James,
Yes many Christian soldiers died for this country. So did many Jewish ones, many Islamic ones, Many Hindu ones, some native Americans, and many others. They all died for all of us, no exceptions. That does not make it a Christian country.
I am not impugning America. America has many great qualities, and some qualities that are less than great.
This country was clearly not established as a Christian country. It was clearly established with a separation of Church and State, and no where is Christianity mentioned as an official religion of this country. The treaty with Tripoli(that I previously posted) and signed by the 2nd President of these same United States does specifically say that this is not a Christian country.
Many of the founding Fathers had rather poor opinions of Christianity that they expressed in some of their papers. I could show you many by Thomas Jefferson.
The hypocrisy I mentioned is evident. Many of the Founding Fathers professed a faith in Christianity and also expressed very opposite feelings. What would you call that? I am not overjoyed to say that they ae hypocrites, but I won't shy away from saying something that appears quite evident to me either.
If it bothers you so much, you tell me what to make of these very conflicting statements! Please don't tell me that some of them are fabricated, because they aren't. If these conflicting statements aren't hypocritical, what are they?
Mark |
