tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post115627348868300613..comments2023-11-02T09:14:47.151-05:00Comments on Bill's Thoughts: CHRISTIAN AMERICABill Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573859102823530876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post-40300915276660651652010-07-07T04:26:10.743-05:002010-07-07T04:26:10.743-05:00It's funny that I did an article on this very ...It's funny that I did an article on this very issue not to long ago. Would like your thoughts: http://walkhisword.blogspot.com/2010/04/america-christian-nation.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974599897196799803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post-1162526831989179622006-11-02T22:07:00.000-06:002006-11-02T22:07:00.000-06:00I'm late to the game here but wanted to put in my ...I'm late to the game here but wanted to put in my 2 cents on this topic - it is close to my heart after 10years in public education.<BR/><BR/>People turn out in huge numbers to protest and demand that 'prayer be allowed in school' and to defend our right to pray before a football game. But, in the face of this "persecution" most of the indignant remain completely inactive in their faith - spiritually growing, evangelizing, discipling. The apparent truth is that many aren't mad about lost freedoms but the loss of a 'vicarious' faith.Gabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816890332465782202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post-1156873742106721542006-08-29T12:49:00.000-05:002006-08-29T12:49:00.000-05:00Bill, rage on.But isn't it reasonable that those w...Bill, rage on.<BR/><BR/>But isn't it reasonable that those who are Christian and Americans feel such a strong sense of ownership in both that they blur them together? Isn't that kind of a sweet thing in an innocent sort of way?<BR/><BR/>So if they do good things with this undergirding value, supported by the myth of a Christian america (meaning USA of course, but let's not quibble in the face of such sweet good will....) hey, isn't that great!<BR/><BR/>If they do bad things, we'll probably get farther by meeting them on their ground, in the midst of their myths, than by asking the dear people to flush a cherished myth down the drain....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415029019699069356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post-1156442291490432852006-08-24T12:58:00.000-05:002006-08-24T12:58:00.000-05:00I often think about this when I hear about the Ten...I often think about this when I hear about the Ten Commandments being put up or taken down somewhere. The law was replaced by grace because the law didn't work - it didn't make us able to enter God's Kingdom. Posting it may make some see their sin but it mainly makes us see others' sins.<BR/><BR/>To expect Americans or anyone else to act like Christians without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit is counter-productive. Why give someone the false hope that cuz they behave properly or live in a Christian America they are going to be members of the Kingdom of God?<BR/><BR/>Let's worry more about sharing God's amazing grace thru the person and work of Jesus and less about returning America to some so-called golden age.<BR/><BR/>(I say so-called cuz for most members of our society it was not golden - as well as slavery and the treatment of native americans you mentioned, there was the exploitation of children and the treatment of women as second-class, non-voting citizens. I don't wanna go back there, thank you~~~)studio pashnadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636961378714714848noreply@blogger.com