Answering A Fool According to His Folly – Pt. 1
I went to Amazon.com today to order another copy of Skousen’s seminal work, “The 5000 Year Leap.” (Written almost 30 years ago and once out-of-print, Glenn Beck has almost single-handedly resurrected it and turned it into a best-seller.) While there I took a moment to read some of the reviews that had been posted. I wasn’t at all surprised to see a majority of 5 Stars sprinkled with a handful of 1 Stars. This is one of those love it (if you’re a thoughtful Christian) or hate it (if you’re a committed materialist/secularist) books. I took the time to read one of the later postings and found that old prophetic bile rising up in my throat and decided to take a moment and respond.
If you’re interested:
R. Denton (Tulsa, OK USA):
“Like books of this type, don’t waste your time on this. It’s another one of those “Founding Fathers created a Christian Nation to glorify God” fantasies. Despite the well-documented facts that many of the founders were either agnostic or at most deists, the myth persists that somehow this was a Christian nation, blessed by God from the beginning. I’m as patriotic as anyone and a Marine vet and would still fight for this country I love, but I am sick of this myth.
The first people that came here were largely trying to escape state-religion, but then set about to create their own in each colony or settlement. I’m very big on religious freedom, freedom of thought and conscience, as well as speech, but am sick and tired of this same story. It’s not much different than a Christian Taliban. I’m quite sure some of those that founded the nation did indeed think that they had been given this continent by God. That’s why they had so little problem moving and removing the “savages” that were already here not to mention the various witch hunts.
The main message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is to love one another as He loves us! Not just the others like you that are in the same church, but ALL of the others. All the rest is dogma, footnotes and the apostles’ efforts to try and understand this while figuring out how to build a new church/faith.
My Response (Nashville, TN): “
Shut your eyes and repeat after me, “There is no place like home. There is no place like home.” Except now you don’t want to go back to Kansas (reality) but rather remain in Oz. Wishing that America wasn’t founded overwhelming by Christians and intended to be a Christian nation doesn’t make it so. And cherry-picking from the handful of contrary evidence and ignoring the avalanche of facts that support the “Christian nation” premise is manifestly disingenuous. My favorite example of this insanity (and proof that God has an interesting a sense of humor) is Thomas Jefferson’s famous letter to the Danbury Baptists. This “founding document” (if you tilt your head and squint a little) is the source for the infamous “wall of separation” between church and state. (By the way, this is a completely Christian notion when properly understood – something that statists/secularists are loathe to do.) Now without question this letter and phrase are the holy grail for the ACLU and their ilk. The irony? The letter was written on New Year’s day, 1802 – a Friday. Just two days after penning it Jefferson attended Christian church services held — drum-roll please — in the Supreme Court chambers; at that time located in the Capitol building. H-m-m-m-m-m-m.
The simple fact is that there were only a handful of deists among the Founding Fathers – and maybe one or two agnostics. The vast majority were Christians. And even more to the point, the few deists – like Jefferson and Franklin – were heavily influenced by Christian thought. It was Franklin, for example, who called the assembly to Christian prayer – invoking the words of Jesus – when the Constitutional convention threatened to blow apart.
Part of me wishes a wand could be waved and the world that this reviewer seems to want could be created – one where the Judeo-Christian worldview was locked out of the public square and every law, every economic and social policy was based on naked human reasoning divorced from all illumination from the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit. I promise you it would make George Bailey’s “Bedford Falls” journey look like a walk in the park. Denton, our tough Marine, would be screaming for Christ’s mercy and presence AS WELL as His presence through the Church and through God-fearing magistrates within a microsecond of his immersion into hell on earth.
карниз с приводом для штор elektrokarnizy33.ru .
как отыграть бонусы казино в 1win http://1win1161.ru
заказать проект перепланировки http://proekt-pereplanirovki-kvartiry4.ru/ .
услуги по согласованию перепланировки квартиры http://proekt-pereplanirovki-kvartiry4.ru .
электрические карнизы купить https://elektrokarnizy7.ru/ .
стильные вазоны стильные вазоны .
купить аттестаты за 11 класс в спб купить аттестаты за 11 класс в спб .
купить аттестаты за 11 класс москва купить аттестаты за 11 класс москва .
1win logo https://www.1win40008.ru
купить аттестат за 11 класс в питере купить аттестат за 11 класс в питере .
1win как пополнить 1win как пополнить
winner casino jocuri pe mobil winner casino jocuri pe mobil
1 win moldova https://1win40012.ru/
прикольные горшки для цветов прикольные горшки для цветов .
электрические рулонные шторы купить москва http://zhalyuzi-s-elektroprivodom7.ru .
Заказать диплом можно через официальный сайт компании. heebig.com/kupit-diplom-oficialno-i-bez-riska-34
согласовать проект перепланировки soglasovanie-pereplanirovki-kvartiry1.ru .
купить диплом о среднем специальном образовании гознака купить диплом о среднем специальном образовании гознака .
ruspin http://1win40013.ru
1win መተግበሪያ http://www.1win40013.ru
прикольные кашпо для цветов прикольные кашпо для цветов .
1вин бонусы 1win40013.ru
купить диплом с реестром спб купить диплом с реестром спб .
стильные горшки для цветов стильные горшки для цветов .
купить аттестат за 11 класс с занесением в реестр екатеринбург купить аттестат за 11 класс с занесением в реестр екатеринбург .
аттестат об образовании 11 классов купить аттестат об образовании 11 классов купить .
купить аттестаты 11 класс 2022 https://arus-diplom24.ru/ .
дизайнерские кашпо для цветов купить дизайнерские кашпо для цветов купить .
1win.online https://1win1163.ru/
1win mobile http://1win1162.ru/
купить диплом о высшем образовании дешево купить диплом о высшем образовании дешево .
рулонная штора электро рулонная штора электро .
bonusuri de bun venit bonusuri de bun venit
1win. bet https://1win40009.ru/
скачать музыку бесплатно мп3 скачать музыку бесплатно мп3 .
мелбет кыргызстан отзывы https://melbet1040.ru/
купить аттестат 11 класс барнаул купить аттестат 11 класс барнаул .
мелбет фрибет за регистрацию https://melbet1040.ru
скачать песня скачать песня .
купить диплом с занесением в реестр в уфе http://arus-diplom31.ru .
как купить диплом занесенный в реестр как купить диплом занесенный в реестр .
site officiel 1win site officiel 1win
бк melbet melbet1040.ru
скачать бесплатно песни новинки скачать бесплатно песни новинки .
кто купил диплом с занесением в реестр кто купил диплом с занесением в реестр .
1він додаток https://www.1win40005.ru
рулонные шторы с пультом рулонные шторы с пультом .
электрические рулонные шторы купить https://elektricheskie-rulonnye-shtory90.ru .
cazinouri internaționale cu bonus fără depunere https://1win40010.ru
музыка mp3 скачать музыка mp3 скачать .