That's some effed up history
Everything makes sense if you make it up as you go along!
Funny enough, Washington was a bit of a proponent of religious tolerance. In fact, "he said that as long as people remain good citizens, their faith does not matter."
John Adams was a freakin' Unitarian, one of the very denominations Wilson is decrying, as well as an advocate of the separation of church and state.
And actually, Plymouth was the second colony in the U.S. The first was Jamestown and it was established as an English colony in the "New World". I don't think anyone called it a "Christian nation" colony.
Yeesh.
It saddened me that Mayor Alan Autry and Paul Haroutunian are trying to change the format of the annual National Day of Prayer by allowing other religions to participate.Wow, unless Wikipedia is way off on this one, none of those people (as Presidents anyway) declared a national day of prayer.
When George Washington, John Adams and Abraham Lincoln declared a National Day of Prayer, it was with the understanding that the lone acknowledgment was to Jesus Christ. With the landing of the Pilgrims and with their acknowledgment of Jesus Christ as the only true God, our country was established as a "Christian nation."
If the liberal Christians, Muslims, etc. think the God they worship has any power, why don't they hold their own prayer events? Our country has been blessed because we pray to Jesus Christ. Most mainline Protestant churches and Unitarian churches have lost their power because they denied Jesus Christ as the only way to salvation and now they are trying to compromise the churches that acknowledge Jesus Christ as the only way to God.
The darkness of this world is growing darker, but the light of Jesus Christ is growing brighter. This is the hour of decision for the Christian leaders of Fresno.
Bob Wilson
Fresno
Funny enough, Washington was a bit of a proponent of religious tolerance. In fact, "he said that as long as people remain good citizens, their faith does not matter."
John Adams was a freakin' Unitarian, one of the very denominations Wilson is decrying, as well as an advocate of the separation of church and state.
And actually, Plymouth was the second colony in the U.S. The first was Jamestown and it was established as an English colony in the "New World". I don't think anyone called it a "Christian nation" colony.
Yeesh.
Labels: are you kidding me, letters to the editor
posted by Adam at 11:59 AM
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Just for the record, Bob Wilson is of no relation to me.
Heh, I didn't even make the connection.
Wow. That's some really insane, and totally untrue history. I wonder if he made that up himself or if someone else made that up and is teaching it to people somewhere. It seems foolish to teach such a crazy lie, since it is so easy to disprove. In fact, the official website of the national day of prayer says very clearly that it began in 1952, and also that it was ALWAYS intended to include all religions. It is only more recently that people in local communities falsely assumed it was exclusively Christian.
I personally, think NDofP is stupid anyway, but that guy could not possibly be more wrong about everything!
Again, WOW!
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