The only thing I would add to this is that republicans are no better than democrats. So if you think republicans care about you then you have no clue about the realities of politics in this country. Both parties work together behind the scenes to screw us over. I love this country also and I was born here also, but our leaders for the most part could care less about you and I and most americans. Do some research on the NWO if you think your republican leaders work for us. Merry Christmas.
Yea typical christians arent happy having the right to worship their god child they must dominate! This country was also started and founded by atheists , why cant you be happy keeping your delusions to yourself?
I love this guy! However , there are some other countries that are very good, especially in Africa where Christians are more vocal, more united, and abortion is illegal.
only right wing christian fascists think that Canada is fucking socialist...
so by your logic, Canada (who never makes a real decision in life) is full of nazi's (who conquered europe)? yes, these "Socialist Nazis" (which is an oxymoron) push atheism so they can get their agendas passed?...couldnt be that having beliefs shoved down your throat offends people who dont believe..but i get it, if you dont like it then leave right?..this attitude is the exact reason why there is a recession. WTG USA
I want someone who believes in the mantra that "we are a Christian Nation" to tell me what this means. In other words--let's suppose we are, and let's suppose the argument is over. What's supposed to happen at that point? What do you see as flowing from that notion? Are Christian churches supposed to be favored? Given tax money? Only Christians can hold office or vote? Legislation must pass Biblical scrutiny? What is supposed to happen as a result of us being a "Christian Nation"?
There was a christmas before Jesus Christ you fuck. The 25th of December is the birthday of Jupiter. I sacrifice a cow to Jupiter every year. And Jesus obviously wasnt born in December. Same with the tree... it symbolizes fertility... you think jesus had a fucking tree.
Americans are not all christians you racist paranoid fuck.
The Ten Commandents are shit. They are common sense rules... everyone back then didnt want someone to kill someone or fuck their wife... its called law and order.
All americans aren't christians, oh and christmas isn't a religious holiday. It was actually ripped off of another religion. That had a god (like jesus, except jesus wasn't a god) who was born from a virgin (which ment not married in the "early days" of the english language) an killed off and blah blah blah rose from the dead blah blah blah. Not trying to be mean(?), just trying to make a point. I am an atheist and the way I see things let me believe my stuff and you yours. I do celebrate xmas
"Jesus Christ: Kicking Ass and Tannnig Hides For 2,000 Years"
This cult has got ya by the short and curlies my friend. Yes, America does have its great attributes, but don't paint it with such a broad brush that it's ONLY in YOUR version of America that things are good. Don't forget, your glorious founding fathers owned slaves and didn't allow women to vote. (I imagine you reclining in your easy chair on the porch "dreaming 'bout th' good ol' days.") No thanks.
Hey "prolifeguy", Christmas is not here because of Christ. It was a Roman Pagan holiday known as Dies Natalis Solis Invicti.
The reason "we" want god taken outta everything is because the US Constitution is supposed to maintain a separation of church from state.
America is great not because of "god" or the government; it is great because it was STOLEN (from Native Americans) and built for FREE (by slaves.) A history lesson would do you well.
Our country has gone a long way in the past 60 years but unfortunately it is in the wrong direction. God will not continue to bless our nation unless we turn back to Him. We are in the ultimate battle between good and evil. We either belong to God Almighty (christianity) or we belong to the evil world system (paganism, religion, self worship, earth worship, science worship) which is under the dominion of satan.
@Sevenfold120 If I were an atheist who did not believe in God I would not waste my time trying to argue a point with someone or make stupid comments. You either have no life or you are searching for something. I pray you find what it is. I pray God opens your eyes to His truth. Just because you don't believe something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And you have the free will to not believe, just as I have the free will to believe.
John 1: 16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
@timestandingstill Never touched any drug in my life. But who the fuck cares about some wannabe prophet there were thousands of them in Israel. Im not going to live my life based on some guys teachings when he was full of shit... Im not going to waste every day of my life reading a little book and praying to the the fucking air.
I bet you think the snake was punished when god condemned him to a life of belly crawling. How did he get around before that? Was he going to grow legs or something?
@timestandingstill I dont do drugs and I apologize for insulting you. If your religion helps you in life then so be it. I wont tell you otherwise. But I dont believe in a god because everything around me contradicts it. Science, archeology, Paleontology, etc.
To me those Psalms are just poems and metaphors written down by man. The ten commandments are no more miraculous then Hammurabis law codes.
...and you think having Jesus involved in Christmas is too much, imagine Santa Clause and....(gulp) commercialism. Yikes. Imagine a time if Christmas were to become commercial. lol
Including Jefferson, who denounced Christianity & deism, rewrote the bible, tearing all the supernatural events out of it. Or Madison who was a known deist or Franklin a deist, or Pain an atheist, or George Washington who never took of communion is his local church & refused to answer questions about his religion? & no godless people are harder to controll, otherwise we'd go to a church & read one book so we can know what we think.
Once again many of them didn't believe in your god & the first school book would have to have been one written when the first school was opened before Jesus was born, dumca. In America there wasn't a public school system when any of the founding fathers were alive. Most schools were religious schools as a result.
You said they were god fearing a large portion of the founding fathers were deists, a belief that gives no reason to fear god, & Jefferson is believed to have been athiest, & was an anti-theist, Madison was also an anti theist, Pain was an atheist antitheist, SO our nation was founded by people against your religion, men of many beliefs founded this nation, deal with it.
Just "google" origin of Christmas or Saturnalia to get the true facts. Europe was "Christianized" during the dark ages...if you didn't profess to believe in Christ you got you head cut off, etc. There was no choice. The holiday should be renamed "Holiday Season" or somethine else so that it can be recognized by all religions. The Christians don't own the world, or the U.S. We Deists are growing in numbers. Visit Deism d com for enlightenment.
Although I'm not a particularly huge proponent of some of the Pagan traditions that have been merged in with Christianity, particularly the Yule Log, certain Wreaths and a few other things, Christmas and Saturnalia are not interchangeable.
Christmas was placed on the 25th of December (Saturnalia was observed on December 17th) on the assumption that Christ's birth occurred 9 months since the Immaculate Conception, which at the time was believed to have been March 25th.
"assumption" of who?... not me. As a Deist, I don't assume, I am convinced, that the Bible was written entirely by men. They didn't know any more about the big picture than we do today. God is evident in nature, not in revealed religion dogma. Great information at Deism d com. Welcome!
The assumptions of the early church members, based specifically on sourced material from the first couple centuries after Christ's death. You can be convinced of whatever you wish, but if you are not sourcing your arguments, I couldn't care less. John Locke and other naturalist philosophers of the Enlightenment were horrible historic revisionists, and their socialist counterparts like Rousseau were even worse. Their adherents in America hijacked this country at the Constitutional Convention.
The entire concept of separation of powers, checks and balances, Habeas Corpus, and the like were not creations of Deism, and it is logical to conclude given the sad state of America that Unitarian influences on this country have had a hand in corrupting the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches.
P.S. - Gordon H. Clark destroyed the epistemology of Empiricism decades ago. He published over 40 books that are much more enriching than what Enlightenment thinkers pass off as knowledge.
Thanks to the "religious right," most people have never heard of the words Deism or Unitarianism, or even know of the great Thomas Paine. The ability to reason and think for oneself has always been stifled by those in power and in control of the nation's wealth. Politics and religion are one and the same. It all began with Constantine and the Council of Nicea.
What was so great about Thomas Paine? His involvement in the French Revolution perhaps, where droves of innocent people were guillotined? Even Thomas Jefferson learned from the errors of revolution for its own sake, while Paine still struggled to figure out how his way of doing things paved the way to people like Napoleon, despite his objections to him after his ascension to power.
Thomas Paine's writings (i.e., The Age of Reason, etc.) explain Deism and the ability to think beyond the brainwash we were so impaled with at such an early age that it constitutes a "mental rape." Perhaps you have not read his works. He kept a low profile during his life...for fear of being murdered by the Christians.
Furthermore, your understanding of the Council of Nicea and Constantine's relationship to it (he was no theologian and had very little to do with it apart from endorsing it and helping to enforce it after the elders of the early church crafted it) is pretty inventive, did you just become a 10th degree Free Mason?
Today's Evangelical movement has little left in common with pre-Vatican dominated Christianity, they are actually closer to where you are, but in more of a mystic Anabaptist direction.
Perhaps you need to read ("google") about Constantine again. After he conquered and became the Roman Emperior, he DID endorse Christianity and led the Council of Nicea to establish what the people would believe. Today's movement is about freedom of religion as long as you are Christian. I am Deist.
Great message Gerard. It's sad that people are saying Xmas instead of Christmas. You are exactly right to state that this country was found on Christian principles because that is true! No matter what Obama states, we are still a Christian nation and more people believe in God than not!
Yes, I say Xmas. As a Deist (belief in the natural God evidenced by science and nature), I am tired of having the mythical Jesus shoved down my throat. It's time for true freedom of religion and not a Government endorsed religion (i.e., George Bush and Christianity). Our founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson, etc.) were Deists.
@Circle4Success Interesting that you say Xmas because a gentleman that I attend church with told us that Xmas is a christian reference, and he knows his bible very well. Merry Christmas and may God bless you. And some of the founding fathers were christians. Jesus is more real than you and I whether or not you like it.
Thank God we have a Deist President at last. Yes, it should be recognized as the Solstice Holiday (not Christmas). That way, different religions (and the nonreligious) can enjoy it equally. Information at Deism d com.
Christmas is the celebration of the winter solstice co-opted by the christians like almost all of their holidays. There is a lot of history that predates jesus and even the old testament story came from the Sumerians. America is NOT the best country unless your a Wall street thief or a maker of military arms. Look to Europe for countries that take much better care of their citizens.
I should inform you that christmas was fact originally a pagan holiday. It didn't become a 'christian' holiday until the catholics remade christs birthday. It is still great to celebrate christs birthday though. But god bless you and have a merry christmas.
This is so true! They're trying to make CHRISTmas a secular holiday ,when it is a Christian holiday. And these big retailer companies should be thankful for Jesus during the Christmas season, because if it was not for him, they would not be making so much money, because there would be no Christmas.
Something else, all the Christmas music you hear in the stores is all secular.
He supplied free education to his disciples too, and instructed them to help those less fortunate. Come to think of it ,the 60% of the gospel of Luke was focused on economics, and it wasn't based on capitalism. 我是愉快發現你YouTube的。
Hmmmm. If we had some job-training in this nation, we might be able to see some job-creation, to replace all those jobs that ran to Mexico, India and China. That would be nice! - Ignorance doesn't pay, in fact, it adds to the ever increasing National Deficit. 我是愉快發現你YouTube的。
Also there is a difference between socialism and comunnism. I hate communism because it has no regards for the rights of the individual. It is just the state and God help you if you stand up against the state. The free market deregulated capitalism is all about the individual and cares nothing for the common good and the poor that are left behind. and that un Christlike capitalism did bring about this recession.
We are paying for our sins but we will bounce back with repentance and change
I don't care if you post the 10 Commandments on public property, if the Asatru are also permitted to post their Nine Noble Virtues, The Buddhists are permitted to post their 8-Fold Path, the Wiccans are permitted to post their 13 Goals, etc... Americans come in all religious flavors.
I also love America and wouldn't want to live anywhere else but I do acknoledge when my nation falls short and if it comes between serving my God or serving my nation, I am going to serve God and speak out against the policies or actions of this great land.
We have to recognise that this land was born in the graveyard of the native americans, that our nation has the sin of racism that hasn't been fully repented for, the sin of Abortion of demand.
The problem is we have 2 political extremes in this country. The deregulated free market trickle down economic model that helps the rich but really hurts the poor and a more radical Government controlled economy.
I think your problem is with secularism not socialism. The secularists are winning basicaly because they paint Christianity as a selfish faith,as a faith of opression and hypocrisy and the sad thing is some Christians prove them right.
where the law about not having an gods before him and not building any graven images of him? those aren't laws... you know why? because our laws are not based on the 10 commandments.
how come rape, molestation and identity theft is against the law? those are not in the 10 commandments... know why?
because our laws are not based on the 10 commandments!
problem with socialism... you are right... lets get rid of firefighters... police officers.. highway maintenance.....
How come christians are not socialist... wasn't jesus all about treating the poor right... sharing.... WTH is wrong with christians... Only in america....
What did he say would happen to peoples who turned there back on GOD. The only thing that's holding this country together is the holy spirit and his church. When GOD returns and takes his church people will know gods no thought . But will they die for him knowing? I pray for all the ungodly, lost in there life people.
I can't imagine the real life horror that will take place on this earth.
The founding father's stole the format of government that we have from the Scottish Presbyterian Church and then added their own Deist twist on the concept of freedom of religion. The Constitution originally upheld the right of states to have their own official churches, many of which did. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine might have not gone for the idea that a State Church was a good idea, but then again those 2 guys supported that insane bloody revolution in France.
If you do some research into the history of the concept of "The Separation of Powers", it is a system of checks and balances that dates back to the pre-Roman Catholic Church (ergo the Catholic Church from during and before the time of Gregory I), where local sovereignty of churches was respected and ecumenical councils were few and dealt only with those issues that affected every single church. The Masonic and Deist founders didn't really do anything all that original.
I dont drink coca cola OR pepsi..I love America, it is the best country on earth. Thats why immigrants come here. I have so many friends from other countries that tell me that if I lived in another country, I would be trying to come into America as well. God bless America.
Bush did the most to promote the socialist agenda by attacking innocent people. Christians who supported him supported death. Therefore there was the expected backlash. Bush was obeying his puppet master.
You know what's better than not voting? Check off all of the choices. Then it COUNTS as an invalid vote, which shows that you at least value your right to vote. That's what I do. I check all of the above. It shows that I showed up, and that I can't decide because they all suck. Anyway, I'm not sure if you can do that in America because I've never voted in America because I'm Canadian.
Actually most teen/men Go to the army because they want to kill people....
Kdawg840 1 week ago
The only thing I would add to this is that republicans are no better than democrats. So if you think republicans care about you then you have no clue about the realities of politics in this country. Both parties work together behind the scenes to screw us over. I love this country also and I was born here also, but our leaders for the most part could care less about you and I and most americans. Do some research on the NWO if you think your republican leaders work for us. Merry Christmas.
arecuk1 1 month ago
Yea typical christians arent happy having the right to worship their god child they must dominate! This country was also started and founded by atheists , why cant you be happy keeping your delusions to yourself?
TheChildofcain 1 month ago
I love this guy! However , there are some other countries that are very good, especially in Africa where Christians are more vocal, more united, and abortion is illegal.
djlitefeet 6 months ago
only right wing christian fascists think that Canada is fucking socialist...
so by your logic, Canada (who never makes a real decision in life) is full of nazi's (who conquered europe)? yes, these "Socialist Nazis" (which is an oxymoron) push atheism so they can get their agendas passed?...couldnt be that having beliefs shoved down your throat offends people who dont believe..but i get it, if you dont like it then leave right?..this attitude is the exact reason why there is a recession. WTG USA
Kyle17880000 11 months ago
I call Poe's Law
VeryEvilPettingZoo 1 year ago
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I want someone who believes in the mantra that "we are a Christian Nation" to tell me what this means. In other words--let's suppose we are, and let's suppose the argument is over. What's supposed to happen at that point? What do you see as flowing from that notion? Are Christian churches supposed to be favored? Given tax money? Only Christians can hold office or vote? Legislation must pass Biblical scrutiny? What is supposed to happen as a result of us being a "Christian Nation"?
DandAinTac 1 year ago
There was a christmas before Jesus Christ you fuck. The 25th of December is the birthday of Jupiter. I sacrifice a cow to Jupiter every year. And Jesus obviously wasnt born in December. Same with the tree... it symbolizes fertility... you think jesus had a fucking tree.
Americans are not all christians you racist paranoid fuck.
The Ten Commandents are shit. They are common sense rules... everyone back then didnt want someone to kill someone or fuck their wife... its called law and order.
Sevenfold120 1 year ago
All americans aren't christians, oh and christmas isn't a religious holiday. It was actually ripped off of another religion. That had a god (like jesus, except jesus wasn't a god) who was born from a virgin (which ment not married in the "early days" of the english language) an killed off and blah blah blah rose from the dead blah blah blah. Not trying to be mean(?), just trying to make a point. I am an atheist and the way I see things let me believe my stuff and you yours. I do celebrate xmas
s07561277 1 year ago
"Jesus Christ: Kicking Ass and Tannnig Hides For 2,000 Years"
This cult has got ya by the short and curlies my friend. Yes, America does have its great attributes, but don't paint it with such a broad brush that it's ONLY in YOUR version of America that things are good. Don't forget, your glorious founding fathers owned slaves and didn't allow women to vote. (I imagine you reclining in your easy chair on the porch "dreaming 'bout th' good ol' days.") No thanks.
SubconsciousGatherer 1 year ago
Yea and our presidents have been helping shape this world into a better place? Thats quite a load of crap. Look where we are heading more and more.
Theblah50 1 year ago
Hey "prolifeguy", Christmas is not here because of Christ. It was a Roman Pagan holiday known as Dies Natalis Solis Invicti.
The reason "we" want god taken outta everything is because the US Constitution is supposed to maintain a separation of church from state.
America is great not because of "god" or the government; it is great because it was STOLEN (from Native Americans) and built for FREE (by slaves.) A history lesson would do you well.
Endowed by THEIR Creator--not necessarily God
TheIntelexual 1 year ago
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TheIntelexual 1 year ago
Great video by the way!!!
tudierudielovesJesus 2 years ago
Our country has gone a long way in the past 60 years but unfortunately it is in the wrong direction. God will not continue to bless our nation unless we turn back to Him. We are in the ultimate battle between good and evil. We either belong to God Almighty (christianity) or we belong to the evil world system (paganism, religion, self worship, earth worship, science worship) which is under the dominion of satan.
tudierudielovesJesus 2 years ago
@tudierudielovesJesus OK why dont you go and pray to your false god for me... have fun at that.
Sevenfold120 1 year ago
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@Sevenfold120 If I were an atheist who did not believe in God I would not waste my time trying to argue a point with someone or make stupid comments. You either have no life or you are searching for something. I pray you find what it is. I pray God opens your eyes to His truth. Just because you don't believe something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And you have the free will to not believe, just as I have the free will to believe.
tudierudielovesJesus 1 year ago
Not everyone in America is Christian and celebrate Christmas. Some people are Jewish and celebrate Channakah. Which is why I say "Happy Holidays."
margiejooby 2 years ago
John 1: 16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
timestandingstill 2 years ago
If you take "In God we Trust" out of America, you take away Americas trust.
This country will fall apart without his precepts and his rightious Law, now under Grace more than ever.
Wake up America, don't be ashamed to say "In God We Trust".
Blessed are those who come in his name.
timestandingstill 2 years ago
@timestandingstill Uh wasnt god we trust bullshit added in the 20th century... yeah actually it was...
Sevenfold120 1 year ago
@Sevenfold120 God Bless America!
timestandingstill 1 year ago
@timestandingstill This country not going to fall apart without gods law you blind fanatic. Go and smoke some canabis.
Sevenfold120 1 year ago
@Sevenfold120 Perhaps you smoke too much canabis?
sober up and learn how to really live.
Christ did not come to condemn but rather give life and to give it in abundance.
timestandingstill 1 year ago
@timestandingstill Never touched any drug in my life. But who the fuck cares about some wannabe prophet there were thousands of them in Israel. Im not going to live my life based on some guys teachings when he was full of shit... Im not going to waste every day of my life reading a little book and praying to the the fucking air.
I bet you think the snake was punished when god condemned him to a life of belly crawling. How did he get around before that? Was he going to grow legs or something?
Sevenfold120 1 year ago
@Sevenfold120 Psalms 119 verse 109 Through his precepts I gain understanding therefore I hate every false way.
This my Friend is my answer not drugs.
Learn of him for his yoke is easy and his burden is light.
Instead of just throwing insults read and learn about Gods Precepts.
timestandingstill 1 year ago
@timestandingstill I dont do drugs and I apologize for insulting you. If your religion helps you in life then so be it. I wont tell you otherwise. But I dont believe in a god because everything around me contradicts it. Science, archeology, Paleontology, etc.
To me those Psalms are just poems and metaphors written down by man. The ten commandments are no more miraculous then Hammurabis law codes.
Sevenfold120 1 year ago 2
& of course, you'll never see a cross on those name brands....even though Christmas is a Christ thing
ChristianVault 2 years ago
They dont even say "Merry Christmas"....they sayd "Happy Holidays"
ChristianVault 2 years ago
Only a fool who doesn't use logic & instead use the media as their brain would rate this a 1 star & reject this message.
ChristianVault 2 years ago
...and you think having Jesus involved in Christmas is too much, imagine Santa Clause and....(gulp) commercialism. Yikes. Imagine a time if Christmas were to become commercial. lol
Merry Christmas Gerard.
Danny123456789009876 2 years ago
The first school book was the bible. All the founding fathers were God fearing men.
UtherPendragan 2 years ago
Including Jefferson, who denounced Christianity & deism, rewrote the bible, tearing all the supernatural events out of it. Or Madison who was a known deist or Franklin a deist, or Pain an atheist, or George Washington who never took of communion is his local church & refused to answer questions about his religion? & no godless people are harder to controll, otherwise we'd go to a church & read one book so we can know what we think.
yellowkrux 2 years ago
The first school book was the bible.
The founders had faith in God.
You are an idiot.
UtherPendragan 2 years ago
Once again many of them didn't believe in your god & the first school book would have to have been one written when the first school was opened before Jesus was born, dumca. In America there wasn't a public school system when any of the founding fathers were alive. Most schools were religious schools as a result.
yellowkrux 2 years ago
All men are created equal.
By thier creator with certain...........
Checkmate now go away from me and read a history book.
UtherPendragan 2 years ago
Uh huh, & you just happen to think that creator means your god?
yellowkrux 2 years ago
There is no point even talking to you. You refuse to accept established facts. The founders belived in a God. Not my God or your GOD just plain God..
UtherPendragan 2 years ago
You said they were god fearing a large portion of the founding fathers were deists, a belief that gives no reason to fear god, & Jefferson is believed to have been athiest, & was an anti-theist, Madison was also an anti theist, Pain was an atheist antitheist, SO our nation was founded by people against your religion, men of many beliefs founded this nation, deal with it.
yellowkrux 2 years ago
God less people are easier to control. Those without faith are faster to break down and give up.
UtherPendragan 2 years ago
Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family.
UtherPendragan 2 years ago
Just "google" origin of Christmas or Saturnalia to get the true facts. Europe was "Christianized" during the dark ages...if you didn't profess to believe in Christ you got you head cut off, etc. There was no choice. The holiday should be renamed "Holiday Season" or somethine else so that it can be recognized by all religions. The Christians don't own the world, or the U.S. We Deists are growing in numbers. Visit Deism d com for enlightenment.
Circle4Success 2 years ago
Although I'm not a particularly huge proponent of some of the Pagan traditions that have been merged in with Christianity, particularly the Yule Log, certain Wreaths and a few other things, Christmas and Saturnalia are not interchangeable.
Christmas was placed on the 25th of December (Saturnalia was observed on December 17th) on the assumption that Christ's birth occurred 9 months since the Immaculate Conception, which at the time was believed to have been March 25th.
TheMetallicNightmare 2 years ago
"assumption" of who?... not me. As a Deist, I don't assume, I am convinced, that the Bible was written entirely by men. They didn't know any more about the big picture than we do today. God is evident in nature, not in revealed religion dogma. Great information at Deism d com. Welcome!
Circle4Success 2 years ago
The assumptions of the early church members, based specifically on sourced material from the first couple centuries after Christ's death. You can be convinced of whatever you wish, but if you are not sourcing your arguments, I couldn't care less. John Locke and other naturalist philosophers of the Enlightenment were horrible historic revisionists, and their socialist counterparts like Rousseau were even worse. Their adherents in America hijacked this country at the Constitutional Convention.
TheMetallicNightmare 2 years ago
The entire concept of separation of powers, checks and balances, Habeas Corpus, and the like were not creations of Deism, and it is logical to conclude given the sad state of America that Unitarian influences on this country have had a hand in corrupting the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches.
P.S. - Gordon H. Clark destroyed the epistemology of Empiricism decades ago. He published over 40 books that are much more enriching than what Enlightenment thinkers pass off as knowledge.
TheMetallicNightmare 2 years ago
Thanks to the "religious right," most people have never heard of the words Deism or Unitarianism, or even know of the great Thomas Paine. The ability to reason and think for oneself has always been stifled by those in power and in control of the nation's wealth. Politics and religion are one and the same. It all began with Constantine and the Council of Nicea.
Circle4Success 2 years ago
What was so great about Thomas Paine? His involvement in the French Revolution perhaps, where droves of innocent people were guillotined? Even Thomas Jefferson learned from the errors of revolution for its own sake, while Paine still struggled to figure out how his way of doing things paved the way to people like Napoleon, despite his objections to him after his ascension to power.
TheMetallicNightmare 2 years ago
Thomas Paine's writings (i.e., The Age of Reason, etc.) explain Deism and the ability to think beyond the brainwash we were so impaled with at such an early age that it constitutes a "mental rape." Perhaps you have not read his works. He kept a low profile during his life...for fear of being murdered by the Christians.
Circle4Success 2 years ago 6
Furthermore, your understanding of the Council of Nicea and Constantine's relationship to it (he was no theologian and had very little to do with it apart from endorsing it and helping to enforce it after the elders of the early church crafted it) is pretty inventive, did you just become a 10th degree Free Mason?
Today's Evangelical movement has little left in common with pre-Vatican dominated Christianity, they are actually closer to where you are, but in more of a mystic Anabaptist direction.
TheMetallicNightmare 2 years ago
Perhaps you need to read ("google") about Constantine again. After he conquered and became the Roman Emperior, he DID endorse Christianity and led the Council of Nicea to establish what the people would believe. Today's movement is about freedom of religion as long as you are Christian. I am Deist.
Circle4Success 2 years ago
But America will go downhill if they take God completely out. We need to stand up for religious freedom.
healthnbeauty1 2 years ago
Great message Gerard. It's sad that people are saying Xmas instead of Christmas. You are exactly right to state that this country was found on Christian principles because that is true! No matter what Obama states, we are still a Christian nation and more people believe in God than not!
alathem02 2 years ago
Yes, I say Xmas. As a Deist (belief in the natural God evidenced by science and nature), I am tired of having the mythical Jesus shoved down my throat. It's time for true freedom of religion and not a Government endorsed religion (i.e., George Bush and Christianity). Our founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson, etc.) were Deists.
Circle4Success 2 years ago 4
Aww poor baby. Tired of having an mythical character shoved down the throat. Life is sure tough for you.
Without Christ, there is no CHRISTmas, mythical or not. I know it's tough to comprehend, but together we can learn...
Danny123456789009876 2 years ago
@Circle4Success Interesting that you say Xmas because a gentleman that I attend church with told us that Xmas is a christian reference, and he knows his bible very well. Merry Christmas and may God bless you. And some of the founding fathers were christians. Jesus is more real than you and I whether or not you like it.
arecuk1 1 month ago
the fact that you are so ignorant that you dont have a clue about the history of christmas and its pagan heritage is baffling.
TuplaPekka 2 years ago
Thank God we have a Deist President at last. Yes, it should be recognized as the Solstice Holiday (not Christmas). That way, different religions (and the nonreligious) can enjoy it equally. Information at Deism d com.
Circle4Success 2 years ago
@Circle4Success
It's always been Christmas and not Solstice Holiday. That's the pagan holiday if it were the case.
America is a Christian country with Christian principle. Go anywhere else and see if you could do what you've been enjoying in this country.
Naturalhit 2 years ago
"Coca-Cola's gotta kiss their ass!!!"
That's probably the greatest thing I've EVER heard anyone say about retailers taking the "Christ" out of Christmas.
Nice!!!!
Kevbox2008 2 years ago
Christmas is the celebration of the winter solstice co-opted by the christians like almost all of their holidays. There is a lot of history that predates jesus and even the old testament story came from the Sumerians. America is NOT the best country unless your a Wall street thief or a maker of military arms. Look to Europe for countries that take much better care of their citizens.
jesusisbling 2 years ago
Great message.
RodneyAHampton 2 years ago
I should inform you that christmas was fact originally a pagan holiday. It didn't become a 'christian' holiday until the catholics remade christs birthday. It is still great to celebrate christs birthday though. But god bless you and have a merry christmas.
jamesdragonforce 2 years ago
This is so true! They're trying to make CHRISTmas a secular holiday ,when it is a Christian holiday. And these big retailer companies should be thankful for Jesus during the Christmas season, because if it was not for him, they would not be making so much money, because there would be no Christmas.
Something else, all the Christmas music you hear in the stores is all secular.
AWorldExposure 2 years ago
He supplied free education to his disciples too, and instructed them to help those less fortunate. Come to think of it ,the 60% of the gospel of Luke was focused on economics, and it wasn't based on capitalism. 我是愉快發現你YouTube的。
karlk9 2 years ago
Hmmmm. If we had some job-training in this nation, we might be able to see some job-creation, to replace all those jobs that ran to Mexico, India and China. That would be nice! - Ignorance doesn't pay, in fact, it adds to the ever increasing National Deficit. 我是愉快發現你YouTube的。
Chiyo1967 2 years ago
Chiyo1067, I worked/studied in Taiwan for three years. Did you say "Mao ZeDong was right, Jesus was a socialist?"
karlk9 2 years ago
Sure did. Jesus not only performed universal health-care for free, he fed everyone for free too. ;o)
Chiyo1967 2 years ago 2
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karlk9 2 years ago
Also there is a difference between socialism and comunnism. I hate communism because it has no regards for the rights of the individual. It is just the state and God help you if you stand up against the state. The free market deregulated capitalism is all about the individual and cares nothing for the common good and the poor that are left behind. and that un Christlike capitalism did bring about this recession.
We are paying for our sins but we will bounce back with repentance and change
AVoiceCrying33 2 years ago
毛澤東是正確的, 耶穌是社會主義者!
Chiyo1967 2 years ago
All part of the nwo agenda:
1. Destroy Christianity
2. Destroy Nations
GOD bless america
Greetings from europe and:
GOD bless you!!!
777alucard 2 years ago
I don't care if you post the 10 Commandments on public property, if the Asatru are also permitted to post their Nine Noble Virtues, The Buddhists are permitted to post their 8-Fold Path, the Wiccans are permitted to post their 13 Goals, etc... Americans come in all religious flavors.
RioSilencio 2 years ago 2
I also love America and wouldn't want to live anywhere else but I do acknoledge when my nation falls short and if it comes between serving my God or serving my nation, I am going to serve God and speak out against the policies or actions of this great land.
We have to recognise that this land was born in the graveyard of the native americans, that our nation has the sin of racism that hasn't been fully repented for, the sin of Abortion of demand.
God Bless America and evrywhere else
AVoiceCrying33 2 years ago
The problem is we have 2 political extremes in this country. The deregulated free market trickle down economic model that helps the rich but really hurts the poor and a more radical Government controlled economy.
I think your problem is with secularism not socialism. The secularists are winning basicaly because they paint Christianity as a selfish faith,as a faith of opression and hypocrisy and the sad thing is some Christians prove them right.
We have to be true to Him in all things
AVoiceCrying33 2 years ago
"our laws are based on the 10 commandments"
LOL what the fuck are you talking about?
where the law about not having an gods before him and not building any graven images of him? those aren't laws... you know why? because our laws are not based on the 10 commandments.
how come rape, molestation and identity theft is against the law? those are not in the 10 commandments... know why?
because our laws are not based on the 10 commandments!
you are such a dishonest POS.
thisguysajerk 2 years ago
if you think christmas (the winter solstice) is about jesus christ... you're an idiot.
you have some serious research to do.
thisguysajerk 2 years ago
"god bless america, fuck the rest of the world..."
idiot.
thisguysajerk 2 years ago
conspiracy nut.
thisguysajerk 2 years ago
your talking out your ass. Jesus wasn't even born on the 25th, The date was changed to the pagan winter solstice
amsterdam78 2 years ago
@JesusPaid4You.... I believe what GP was saying is true. I agree with him. I haven't seen one vid from him that I don't agree with.
Jesus is the way,truth and life.
Peace
wirezworks 2 years ago
please tell me this is a parody.
thespurginator 2 years ago 7
problem with socialism... you are right... lets get rid of firefighters... police officers.. highway maintenance.....
How come christians are not socialist... wasn't jesus all about treating the poor right... sharing.... WTH is wrong with christians... Only in america....
sigmet61 2 years ago 2
Save The Babies BROTHER. America is godless.
What did he say would happen to peoples who turned there back on GOD. The only thing that's holding this country together is the holy spirit and his church. When GOD returns and takes his church people will know gods no thought . But will they die for him knowing? I pray for all the ungodly, lost in there life people.
I can't imagine the real life horror that will take place on this earth.
God Bless Brother.
wirezworks 2 years ago
When is he supposed to return anyways? I have some questions for him.
shythawk 2 years ago
Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus! Happy Hanukkah! Godbless America!
jenniferheartsriver 2 years ago
"Christian America"? Not according to the founding fathers.
Shalom
theheat151 2 years ago
The founding father's stole the format of government that we have from the Scottish Presbyterian Church and then added their own Deist twist on the concept of freedom of religion. The Constitution originally upheld the right of states to have their own official churches, many of which did. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine might have not gone for the idea that a State Church was a good idea, but then again those 2 guys supported that insane bloody revolution in France.
hellsunicorn 2 years ago
If you do some research into the history of the concept of "The Separation of Powers", it is a system of checks and balances that dates back to the pre-Roman Catholic Church (ergo the Catholic Church from during and before the time of Gregory I), where local sovereignty of churches was respected and ecumenical councils were few and dealt only with those issues that affected every single church. The Masonic and Deist founders didn't really do anything all that original.
hellsunicorn 2 years ago
I dont drink coca cola OR pepsi..I love America, it is the best country on earth. Thats why immigrants come here. I have so many friends from other countries that tell me that if I lived in another country, I would be trying to come into America as well. God bless America.
butterflie2484 2 years ago
Bush did the most to promote the socialist agenda by attacking innocent people. Christians who supported him supported death. Therefore there was the expected backlash. Bush was obeying his puppet master.
landsell 2 years ago
That is why I refuse to vote...Like Jesus Christ said " IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME, YOU ARE AGAINST ME "... Thanks for the video...GBU
TheVeiledCatholic 2 years ago
You know what's better than not voting? Check off all of the choices. Then it COUNTS as an invalid vote, which shows that you at least value your right to vote. That's what I do. I check all of the above. It shows that I showed up, and that I can't decide because they all suck. Anyway, I'm not sure if you can do that in America because I've never voted in America because I'm Canadian.
God bless America.
Perfectibilisti 2 years ago
Love this video.
Thank you!
God Bless You!
BaltimoreSandra 2 years ago