I quoted a news story:
Here is the rest of the story:
a schoolteacher, Stephen Williams of Mountain View, California, was passing out supplementary literature along with copies of the Declaration of Independence. As evidenced in Case Number C 04 4946 Williams vs. Vidmar, the supplementary materials included:
• A letter from George W. Bush proclaiming the National Day of Prayer - e.g. - "Prayer is an opportunity to praise God for His mighty works, His gift of freedom, His mercy, and His boundless love...According to Scripture, 'the Lord is near to all who call upon Him...He also will hear their cry, and save them.'"
• A two page list of Religious Clauses in State Constitutions - e.g. - Georgia - Article VI (1977) "The representatives shall be chosen out of the residents in each county...and they shall be of the Protestant religion..."
• A list of quotes titled "What Great Leaders Have Said About the Bible" - e.g. - George Washington...It is impossible to rightly govern the world without the Bible. and Jesus Christ...It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Excerpts from George Washington's Prayer Journal - e.g. - Sunday Evening O most Glorious God, in Jesus Christ my merciful and loving father, I acknowledge and confess my guilt...
• Excerpts from John Adams' Diary - e.g. - The Christian religion is above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity, and humanity, let the blackguard Paine say what he will; it is resignation to God, it is goodness itself to man.
• A fact sheet titled, "Currency & Coins - History of 'In God We Trust'" –
BeHereNow comments: Clearly the teacher was promoting Protestant Christianity. This is inappropriate.
Evolution is a scientific theory.seventil replies: The teacher was promiting protestant Christianity?
And for the science teacher that says Darwin believed in evolution?
In the History of Christianity every time the church has locked horns with science or its predecessors, it has been wrong and lost. I challenge you to name one time The Church had it right and science had it wrong. Surely you are aware of the church’s history on these matters and there should be no need to list all of them.
In Biblical times some of the most important human discoveries that ever occurred, yet are never mentioned in the Bible.
If the Bible has a stake in science, why does it never mention such things as control of fire, invention of the wheel, use and discovery of tools?
Why are the natural science references so vague. So vague that over the centuries the church has slowly changed its interpretation of the Old Testment to conform to science. Always in the beginning the church cries heresy, but in the end concedes.
This is taught as history, not spiritual truth. This teacher presented Christianity as spiritual truth. No history teacher presents Ra as spiritual truth. Can't you see the difference?Or for the history teacher who said the egyptian pharoahs believed in Ra?
Mythology, history, not spiritual truth!And the archaeologist who teaches that the old kings of Greece worshipped their Greek Gods? And the Norse theirs? And the Romans theirs?
This is proselytizing, clear and simple. Not simply for Christianity, but for Protestantism. Only certain Christians are worthy to hold public office. You don’t think this is proselytizing?But since when did mentioning the beliefs of our past leaders have anything to do with religious converting?
I’m the one that is baffled. We need to discuss this.Please explain, because I'm baffled at your logic here.
Agreed. I liked your phrase “can be consider”. This has a much different meaning that “it is a”.It can be considered a Christian nation, because the majority of the people believe in Christianity.
I will accept your statement if you will accept mine:
“And it can equally be considered a Deist nation because the founding fathers were primarily Deists.”
If I need to prove this to you I will. Other here have done it better than I can, but I will not shy away from a challenge.
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A special thanks to hannahjoy for pointing out a major spelling error which I was able to correct.