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View Poll Results: Are we a Christian nation?
Yes 90 24.26%
No 212 57.14%
To an extent 69 18.60%
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Old 07-10-2012, 05:49 PM
 
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Where in the Constitution does it lay the ground work for using the bible for anything??
It doesn't say it, it's just something we do in this Christian nation of ours.

 
Old 07-10-2012, 05:52 PM
 
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Do the Salem witch trials ring a bell?? Salem witch trials - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Where in the Constitution does it lay the ground work for using the bible for anything??

FWIW, I've reported for jury duty regularly for the past 20 years and I haven't seen a bible in a MDC court room in all that time. It's just "raise your right hand a repeat after me. I solemnly swear to....."
Obama swore on Abraham Lincoln's bible by Justice Roberts.. hummmm....



Obama swears in - YouTube
 
Old 07-10-2012, 05:55 PM
 
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Then why did they leave god, the bible and Jesus totally and completely out of the Constitution, their blueprint for "creating the greatest nation in history"??
They didn't want to mandate the Federal government to be Christian, force citizens to practice Christianity, nor forbid citizens from practicing other religions or any Christian denomination. If that's what you mean by 'Christian nation,' then we're not and never were.
 
Old 07-10-2012, 05:57 PM
 
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A. You don't know where they all looked for wisdom.

B. PRIDE is one of the 7 Deadly Sins. Those who insist OUR country is named after THEIR religion are SINNERS.
What a stretch. lol
 
Old 07-10-2012, 06:16 PM
 
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Obama swore on Abraham Lincoln's bible by Justice Roberts.. hummmm....



Obama swears in - YouTube
Obama's choice - he states he is a Christian, so why not? Hmmmmmm....
 
Old 07-10-2012, 06:17 PM
 
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It doesn't say it, it's just something we do in this Christian nation of ours.
Not in Miami-Dade County court rooms. Maybe on TV....
 
Old 07-10-2012, 06:19 PM
 
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Part of the Mid West and the South are, the rest of the country (luckily) isnt.
 
Old 07-10-2012, 06:37 PM
 
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Obama's choice - he states he is a Christian, so why not? Hmmmmmm....
When he was sworn in again he didn't use the bible.
 
Old 07-10-2012, 06:44 PM
 
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When he was sworn in again he didn't use the bible.
Again, his choice. There is no mandate that a bible be used.
 
Old 07-10-2012, 06:45 PM
 
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No.

There is a big difference between being a "Christian nation", and having a majority of the population being Christian. America is the latter. We are not the Christian Republic of America. We are not a theocracy (look to Saudi Arabia or Iran for that, though that is a different religion).
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