Gregory Boyd on "The Myth of a Christian Nation" Part 3/3

technically slavery was here BEFORE we became a nation...and not the brainchild of the puritans/pilgrims who were against slavery from DAY ONE of the constitutional convention... the bottomline IS:

Righteousness EXALTETH a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to ANY people.

Proverbs 14:34

The protestant forefathers they wanted freedom of religion, decntralized church authority and decentrlaized Govt authority in america so people could read their Bibles without fear and persecution.

Amen, to all of it. I believe we American Christians will one day fully understand what Bro. Boyd is talking about. I don't claim to have the gift of prophecy, but I believe persecution is coming to the church in America and I pray for it to come so that this lie of a Christian nation will be destroyed and we will finally realize our full identity in Christ.

Holy God,
Thank You for giving us this message through Pastor Gregory Boyd. We needed to hear this to begin living it. Please help people to know that coming to conclusions from merely viewing these videos is not what is best; instead, they should take the time to read the book. It's about what it really means to BE like Your Son, Jesus, our Savior. Please continue to bless Pastor Gregory and help him to accurately spread the good news of Your kingdom. In Jesus' name.

Oh my God, it looks like Boyd is a Christian who actually takes notice of what Jesus said, rather than just shoving him down our throats!

Boyd says some very good things, BUT when it comes to American history, he is completely ingorant and does not know what he is talking about

The US has been one of the most violent and genocidal nations in history. You can run away from the truth if you want to but the rest of the world can see the truth quite clearly...who is the only nation in the world to drop a nuclear bomb on majr civillian population centers despite the fact that the nation they were dropping them on had repeatedly tried to surrender for months?
That is a fact that has finally been brought to light with recent releases of documentation.

You mean, as violent as communistic nations? Muslim nations? Hamas?

Look, when the Founders laid the foundation for this nation, they looked to God and the Bible for wisdom, they honored Him and HE BLESSED THIS NATION LIKE NO OTHER. You can deny that all you will, but all people and nations see that America has been blessed above all others, and the reason is clear--in the beginning we honored the true God, and He honored us. We have drifted far away from Him and our heritage.

Which foundation? If you mean the signing of the constitution, most of those men were DEISTS, not theists. There has been much mythologizing of US history. Most of the founders lived in a time when admitting atheism could get you killed.The reason our nation has been "blessed" has more to do with vulture capitalism and imperialism than God's approval.

Did God bless Constantinian Roman empire?

God deals with The Church (believers) not nations. The US is not Israel,

Meant to convey that if wealth is your measure of God's "blessing" then you should become catholic. They are the wealthiest nation/church out there.
Who controls wealth?
the only time Jesus got physically violent was driving the moneychangers from the Temple.(precursor of the bankers)
The righteous in this world are USUALLY OPPRESSED, that is because satan is the king of all governments including the US government.

I wouldn't say that a man that educated is ignorant by any means...you may not like that he called some of the founding fathers deists but that isn't even a relevent objection to any of the points that he is making.