CompuServe Messages

David…I don't quite know how to say this so I'll Just Say it. You seem to have some sort of problem with "Religion"…You've taken a shot at the "Religious Right" in every diatrabe so far. America has embarked upon a path of socializm, are you aware of the "religious nature of the Constitution _And_ the Declaration of Independence? Evidently you've forgotten the Christian foundation upon which this nation is reared and the importance of its relation to the form of government established by the Constitution. We as a people, are allowing ourselves to become separated from the keystone of our national structure – our Christian heritage. By omission, America has deflected into socialism. The keystone in the arch of our national structure has been loosened. In proportion as Americans let go of faith in the absolute power of God, they have accepted the belief in an all powerful State. This is true of peoples or nations, for their idea of God determines the form of their civil, political, religious and social institutions. "Communisim" and "Socialism" are anti-God and anti-Christian; the battle against communism and socialism never was, and is not now, just economic and political; it is religious. Shall Christianity be taken captive? Today, when thinking and talking in terms of civil government, our ignorance of fundamental Christian history in the founding of our country becomes at once apparent. We invariably reject or misconstrue references to the word Christian – in relation to civil governments – as being doctrinal and sectarian. Our Christian history as a nation does not involve doctrinal or sectarian views, and our failure to understand this, largely contributes to the present disregard of Christianity in relation to civil government. Each religion has a form of government, and Christianity astonished the world by establishing self-government. With the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620, Christian self-government became the foundation stone of the United States of America. "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner." (Psalm 118:22; Matt. 21:42. I have much to say on this subject but I think you get my point. James