The Real Wall, Pt. 3 (What Christian principles?)

The third part in a series on the separation of church and state in America.

Part one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jGLpFbGv7c
Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXYDEGPHtc

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[mtsac1]

The arguments of theists in this regard continue to be pathetic but WILL not change with facts. Idealogs are amazing in their ability to discount what is in front of them in favor of keeping their comfortable status quo firmly cemented in their minds. Facts are tools of the devil.

[canaanav]

Name one bible chapter and verse that has any unambiguous parallel to the first article of the Constitution or any article for that matter. You do that and I'll grant you that the Constitution was inspired by Christian ideology.

There is no way in hell (pun intended) that a religion that asserts that my human body is merely on loan from a god I must fear and love has anything to do with my inalienable rights as a human citizen of the United States.

[zoxovox]

carloads or carTloads...

[Neeboopsh]

America was founded on the christian principle of owning other humans and making them work :)

[FaganRoberts]

@TaylorX04 Certainly! Huckabee is a reprobate of the highest order. I would submit the closest we've come to someone who has even a remote understanding of the intent of the establishment clause is Obama. And I am otherwise steadfast opposed to everything this guy does and stands for. Cheers! I am one of your subscribers and keep up the good works. Thank you.

[TaylorX04]

@FaganRoberts Interesting. Reminds me of Mike Huckabee's comments around the 2008 election.

[FaganRoberts]

@TaylorX04 Interviewed by fellow evangelical Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network during the 1976 campaign he discussed the imperative "to assure that secular law is compatible with God's laws" with the proviso that if a conflict developed between the two, "we should honor God's law." Two months later in June 1976 he also told reporters at Plains Baptist Church that "We have a responsibility to try to shape government so it does exemplify the teaching of God". Source:FreeLibrary

[TaylorX04]

@FaganRoberts I'm well aware that Carter is a liberal Christian and was very outspoken about it, but I've been unable to find anything about him declaring us to be a Christian nation in that sense. You don't happen to have a source, do you?

[FaganRoberts]

@TaylorX04 You're probably too young then to remember the Carter Administration. Other than that omission, it was a wonderful video series.

[TaylorX04]

@FaganRoberts There's a big difference between identifying oneself as a Christian and declaring our nation to have a Christian foundation. There's also a big difference in what some people mean when they say 'Christian nation', as Obama interpreted it in a 2008 speech as a reflection of the populace, instead of having a foundation in scripture, theology, etc. I have not known a liberal, even the Christian ones, to say we are a country founded on Christian values.