The United States: NOT Founded on Christian Principles!


	The United States: NOT Founded on Christian Principles!

rwbehne1

10-14-2007 4:33 AM

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deism, enlightenment, christianity

rwbehne1 says:

Read the entire article in context here: http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/05/21/the-united-states-not-founded-on-christian-principles/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fundamentalistsrepent.com%2Fconstitution.html&frame=true

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The Fundamentalists claim that the United States was founded on "Christian
principles." Here's one glaring problem with that.
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The American revolutionaries were not just rebelling against the government
and army of Britain, they were rebelling against the long-established Christian
idea that governmental authority comes from God. In challenging King George
III of Britain, they rejected the idea that God had given him a divine right
to rule over them.
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American democracy starts with the presumption that the authority of the
government comes <B>not</B> from God but from <I>the consent of the
governed</I>, in other words, from "We the people." This clearly contradicts
Paul.
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So there is no sense in which we can claim that the United States is "founded
on Christian principles."
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