Monday, July 07, 2014

We Are NOT a Christian Nation

Every now and again, I see on social media, something about how this nation was founded on Christian principles and it makes me laugh. When this nation was founded, slavery was rampant all over the colonies, even in the north. Nothing Christian about owning other people and forcing them to do manual labor for no pay or pension. We are not a Christian nation and we never have been. We are intolerant of other people, based on their skin color, race, creed, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We don't love our enemies. We hate them. We went to war with the British twice, ourselves once, the Spanish once, the Germans twice, the Italians, the Japanese, the Vietnamese, the Koreans, the Iraqis and Afghanistan. We have Presidents who swear an oath on the Bible, then drop bombs on other nations. We don't turn the other cheek. We kill each other with guns, knives, poison and anything else. We care more about putting people in prison for smoking marijuana than we do for molesting children and raping women. We don't honor our mother and father. We stick them in retirement homes or assisted living residences and we don't call them, don't write to them and wait for them to die. We believe the best way to teach our children is to beat them with belts and paddles when they make mistakes or are ignorant of things. We hit them with our hands and we call it child-rearing. Then, we wonder why they're angry later in life. We pass by people broke down on the side of the road, regardless of the weather conditions. We tell people to "Get a job!" when they ask for some help but we make sure everyone sees a $20 or a $50 we put in the collection plate at church, a place that pays no taxes but rulers are able to criticize the government anyway they see fit. We also think that going to church once a week will absolve us of all the sins so we can commit sinful acts on weekend nights and treat people badly during the work week. People volunteer their time to make things better for others and we mock them for not making enough money. We criticize the way people look, talk, dress, but then praise Jesus who told us not to judge. We are NOT a Christian nation. We have never been a Christian nation. If we were a Christian nation, people wouldn't starve. All churches would work together rather than against each other. Women and children wouldn't have to live in fear. Senior citizens wouldn't have to make a decision on whether they were going to eat or take their medication. People wouldn't work for low wages. A lot of things would be different. But most important, people would be friendlier with each other. We would have to worry about locking our doors or carrying guns and knives to protect ourselves. We wouldn't judge each other but pray and hope the best for each other. This still happens in small circle of people, but that isn't the majority. And this country is about majority rule and right now, the majority consists of greedy, hypocritical, prejudice bigots who think the best way to solve a problem is through violence and it's survival of the fittest, which is Darwinism and that isn't what Christians want to be associated with. So, it's time to make some changes all you true Christians out there.

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