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I keep hearing this but have yet to get an answer on what that means. What are these "Christian Principles" that our (if you are American) nation is built on?
Oh, you know... "thou shalt not kill," "thou shalt not steal," "thou shalt not covet," "thou shalt not commit adultery," etc. Basically all the "rules" the modern left despises.
Everyone needs the threat of a boogey-man to motivate them.
Criminals need threat of police and prison. Christians need fear of hell and damnation... and atheists and others need the fear of believers telling them what to do. It helps everyone make sense of the world.
Oh, you know... "thou shalt not kill," "thou shalt not steal," "thou shalt not covet," "thou shalt not commit adultery," etc. Basically all the things the modern left despises.
What's the principal behind this IYO? Do you believe whatever the underlying principal is it can only be found in Christianity?
I keep hearing this but have yet to get an answer on what that means. What are these "Christian Principles" that our (if you are American) nation is built on?
For someone who started positing in the Christianity and the Spiritual and religion forums - I find this an odd question to ask.
Read the Mayflower Compact. People assume that the people on the Mayflower were Puritans. There were Puritans, but also adventurers, tradesmen and other Protestants.
The Mayflower Compact was a set of laws developed by the colonists. One of the agreed upon provisions was that they would live in accordance with the Christian faith. It was the first document to establish self-government in the New World.
What's the principal behind this IYO? Do you believe whatever the underlying principal is it can only be found in Christianity?
Let me answer that by analogy:
Let's say I worship yellow beachballs. And part of my doctrine states that one can never bounce a beachball on rose bushes.
Now let's say my neighbor worships blue beachballs. And part of her doctrine states that one can never bounce a beachball on rose bushes.
Can we then deny that the forbidding of bouncing beachballs on rose bushes is a principle of the yellow beachball religion?
Point: just because a belief is shared between religions or philosophies, that does not mean it isn't a doctrine of any one of those religions. Some Christian values are shared by many religions/philosophies. But they are still Christian values. And they are Jewish values. And they are Buddhist values. Etc. (or whoever else shares those values)
Read the Mayflower Compact. People assume that the people on the Mayflower were Puritans. There were Puritans, but also adventurers, tradesmen and other Protestants.
The Mayflower Compact was a set of laws developed by the colonists. One of the agreed upon provisions was that they would live in accordance with the Christian faith. It was the first document to establish self-government in the New World.
Thanks for the info.
I was more asking what particular principles were being addressed by such a statement.
I keep hearing this but have yet to get an answer on what that means. What are these "Christian Principles" that our (if you are American) nation is built on?
I'm an atheist and also an honest reader of history. There is zero-point-zero doubt the US was built on Judeo-Christian values as key underpinnings.
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