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Fr. C. John McCloskey III is a Church Historian and Research Fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, DC.
1 posted on 08/19/2012 1:51:36 PM PDT by NYer
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2 posted on 08/19/2012 1:52:33 PM PDT by NYer (Without justice, what else is the State but a great band of robbers? - St. Augustine)
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What is the definition of a Christian country?

One in which the government as a whole, supports Christianity.

Does ours?

3 posted on 08/19/2012 2:02:48 PM PDT by Errant
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Problem: There is little or no evidence that Catholics in America, as a group, are more attached to biblical morality than Protestants, particularly conservative Protestants.

Not that this is saying much.


4 posted on 08/19/2012 2:47:55 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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I’d bet that the majority of Americans could honestly confess the Apostles’ Creed.

I can’t prove it, but I think so. At least all adult Americans.

Which would make this a Christian country, in the cited author’s opinion.


5 posted on 08/19/2012 2:51:30 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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Reads more like wishful thinking that those “pesky” Protestants will finally go away.


6 posted on 08/19/2012 3:08:16 PM PDT by chargers fan
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Maybe the U.S. should be more like France, a country whose history is saturated with Catholic morality and dominance as well as the blood of those the Catholic church deemed “heretics”.


7 posted on 08/19/2012 3:36:53 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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Last time I checked our Government has been a secular plus
the seperation of church and state thing.


8 posted on 08/19/2012 3:49:09 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Romney / Ryan 2012)
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A different alternative would be that conservative Protestants and Roman Catholics meet in conclave to end the 500 year old Reformation schism in the Christian communion.

Many Protestant faiths today have almost forgotten why they split off from each other and the Catholic church. As such many could merge without offense until perhaps just a few remained.

The liberals, of course, would reject such a reunion entirely, as it would be done under the auspices of faith and shared belief, instead of for the purposes of the leftist agenda. But without the conservatives, the religions of liberals evaporate as inconsequential.

The end result would still be the Catholic church and one or more Protestant faiths, but no longer in contention and argument.


9 posted on 08/19/2012 5:06:10 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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You can tell the quality of what a church teaches about Christianity, by which party it’s adherents vote for.

The Catholic church, Episcopalians and other liberal churches produce voters who support the left’s morals and they vote for that.


16 posted on 08/19/2012 7:17:10 PM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors, where the GOP goes for it's "conservative" Presidential candidates.)
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The primary reason is the lack of dogmatic authority in Protestantism and the reliance on the principle of private judgment. Leaving people to rely on only their opinions or feelings as moral guide is not enough to sustain a country that was once Christian and now is increasingly pagan.

Ah, yes, the Protestants are the reason America is going down the toilet! Fr. McCloskey, as the nuns used to tell us in grade school, "Clean off your OWN doorstep before you try to clean off someone else's."

What's with you guys this weekend? Beat up on those Protties so you can feel better about yourselves? So far, you are NOT scoring any points and I highly doubt our Heavenly Father is pleased.

19 posted on 08/19/2012 9:45:48 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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As Jesus said - render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s. Christians are growing more in getting Caesar’s laws to set the moral tone of the country rather than going to Church and living the Beatitudes.


22 posted on 08/20/2012 3:14:02 PM PDT by ex-snook (without forgiveness there is no Christianity)
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