Time for some Viennacon analysis on this piece.
“because it is impossible to have a Christian nation in this day and age.”
What does this mean? This implies that it was possible at some earlier date, or may be possible at some future date. Clarification?
“You cannot legislate morality”
Yes.... you can. In fact, 90% of our legal system, perhaps more, is at base a legislation of morality. I have often heard it said “we have a religious police in America... they’re called the police.”
Is what you’re actually saying that only leftist morality can be legislated? If so, why?
“the harsh judgmentalism of the Religious Right”
Of course, the secular left is NEVER judgemental.
All in all, this is a deeply confused piece. Not sure what the general idea was.
My error, in reply to your first comment. My error. It should read, The concept of a Christian nation is not found in the Bible, because Christianity is the way of freedom and liberty. Please see the original link for the revised article. http://vabible.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/was-america-founded-as-a-christian-nation/
I’m challenging the concept of, what is a Christian nation? The concept isn’t found in the Bible because is Christianity in this day and age (i.e. the Church dispensation) is not a political philosophy. Yes, America was founded by Christians, but they didn’t legislate Christianity into the Constitution, only freedom so that people are free to be Christians. They wanted everyone to be Christian, but they can’t force that through the State. Hence, America wasn’t founded as a Christian nation.
You can’t legislate morality, but people have tried. It works about as well as the Mosaic Law did. The responsibility for morality lies not in the state, but in the family.
Of course leftists will try to legislate morality and be judgmental. Most of them are without Christ. They know no other way than to coerce and manipulate. Of course all our lives are the worse for it. But it is part of the path of suffering for the Christian that God has marked out for us. The response is to win them to Christ, because there is no other way to transformation. From a Christian point of view, which this article is written in, just because the left is judgmental doesn’t make it okay for the right to be judgmental.