“It’s a truth seldom acknowledged: Christians created America. Those settlers who most influenced the course of our nation (including the Pilgrims and Puritans) were committed Christians, who…drew their inspiration from the Hebrew Bible. Overwhelmingly, the Founding Fathers were men of faith. … Throughout the course of our national existence, America has been led by individuals guided by a Christian worldview — from George Washington to George W. Bush. … Moreover, I believe America’s survival rests with Christians. This nation was founded on Biblical morality and grew to greatness with that code. Without it, America cannot long endure. … If America isn’t one nation under God, what will it be? One nation under a culture that produces 1.4 million violent crimes (murders, rapes and assaults), 1.3 million abortions, and one million new cases of venereal disease each year?” –Don Feder
“It’s always a source of amazement to me how the courts, the lawyers and the bureaucrats can twist the words of the Constitution to mean anything they want them to mean. … Take, for example, the First Amendment, the words of which have been distorted into meaning that God and religion, primarily Christianity, have no place in public life and that Christmas itself should be abolished from public schools, public buildings and public places. Yet what does the First Amendment actually say regarding religion? Here it is: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. That’s all it says. After that it talks about free speech, a free press and the right of the people to petition the government. But out of those 16 words regarding the relationship of religion to government, the courts over the years have steadily issued rulings based on the first 10 words of the amendment and ignoring the last six that go far beyond anything the amendment even hints at. If words mean what they say it seems to me what the amendment is saying is that Congress cannot pass a law that would establish a national religion, be it Christianity, Islam, Baal worship or anything else. And, at the same time, it, meaning Congress, cannot pass a law in any way banning the practice of religion. Seems pretty plain to me.” –Lyn Nofziger
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Inauguration Day
Today’s Dose of NIF
Freedom of Religion seems to be construed by the courts as meaning suppresion of Christianity. Every ruling seems to be working towards not offending anyone of any faith outside of Christianity, but what about offending Christians? Christmas is not a secular holiday; it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Watering it down to make it appear as anything else is not allowing Christians to practice our religion freely. I really don’t understand how someone of another faith can be offended when all they have to do is simply not recognize the day. Instead, they try to turn it into a secular, commercial occassion to keep retail stores in business. They tell Christians to change the channel if they don’t want to watch what the networks air on TV, so why don’t they ignore a Christian holiday if they don’t wish to practice it?