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Originally posted by ADPi Conniebama
First chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay, wrote:
"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty ... of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." (1816)
William Penn
"Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."
Even liberal Supreme Court chief justice, Earl Warren, wrote in 1954:
"I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses ... .. a Christian land governed by Christian principles. I believe the entire Bill of Rights came into being because of the knowledge our forefathers had of the Bible and their belief in it: freedom of belief, of expression, of assembly, of petition, the dignity of the individual, the sanctity of the home, equal justice under law, and the reservation of powers to the people ... I like to believe we are living today in the spirit of the Christian religion. I like also to believe that as long as we do so, no great harm can come to our country."
Washington also said:
"Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
"It is impossible to rightly govern . . . without God & the Bible."
"You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all the religion of Jesus Christ." to a group of Indian chiefs.
Thomas Jefferson, the man "blamed" for the wall of separation between church and state said:
"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever."
Abraham Lincoln:
"Unless the great God who assisted [President Washington], shall be with me and aid me, I must fail. But if the same omniscient mind, and Almighty arm, that directed and protected him, shall guide and support me, I shall not fail ... Let us pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now."
Teddy Roosevelt:
"In this actual world, a churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at, or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid down-grade."
Yes, I googled "christian nation." I also "cut and paste" so as not to make any grammatical errors.
I have enjoyed this thread and I hope everyone has had a wonderful time. I am going back to the shooting range to practice and to the bible to study. I am sure I will see all of the gc names again soon.
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The following quotes have been attributed to the following founding fathers and early U.S. leaders:
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies." - Benjamin Franklin
"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise." - James Madison
"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it." - John Adams
"The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites." - Thomas Jefferson
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. " - Thomas Paine
Apparently they couldn't come to any conclusions on that whole "Christian nation" thing . . .