Thanks for your reply. We need to come to agreement what constitutes a Christian nation. From my article, it ISN’T a nation politically ruled by men of the Christian faith, but rather one where the Bible is the “law of the land.”
Yes, the Founding Fathers were mostly Christian, devout men, but that doesn’t make America a Christian nation.
My argument is that the concept of a Christian nation isn’t found in the Bible for this dispensation (Pentecost to 2nd Coming). Rather, the Christian faith is walked out via the Church, which is a non-political entity. The Christian faith cannot be legislated from the State.
Just a guess here, but are you by chance a Libertarian? Your fears of a Christian “theocracy” sure sounds familiar, we hear this sort of things from the Libertarians all the time...and their next of kin, the Democrats.
Unless it be certain types of Roman Catholics who would like America ruled by a Catholic monarch, FReepers do not believe this country is supposed to be a theocracy.
A Biblical based Christian nation, yes, but not a Roman Catholic theocracy like they had in Europe for a thousand years. Our Christian forefathers came to this country (the Mayflower Compact comes to mind) seeking to establish the very opposite of what they had in Europe.
Methinks you would sing a different tune about Christian America if you had been reared in an atheistic Communist nation, or in Hitler’s Germany.
"My argument is that the concept of a Christian nation isn’t found in the Bible for this dispensation (Pentecost to 2nd Coming)."
If I agreed with your complete premise, then I would probably agree with your conclusion.