Early America - Founded and Led by Christians!

[DriftingSand]

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

 

[Moonglow]

And they loved their beer

 

[Moonglow]

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

We natives don't owe you Christians a damn thing...

 

[DriftingSand]

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

We natives don't owe you Christians a damn thing...

I'm a "native" and a "Christian" so your post is meaningless to me.

 

[DriftingSand]

And they loved their beer

Wow ... Moonglow has no meaningful comment. Surprise, surprise!

 

[September]

So full of spite... for a "Christian".

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[Moonglow]

So full of spite... for a "Christian".

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That is all I have met here..rather nasty fellows for being so content and happy...

 

[Moonglow]

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

We natives don't owe you Christians a damn thing...

I'm a "native" and a "Christian" so your post is meaningless to me.

Play dumb, it excels your motive,,,,ha!

 

[beagle9]

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

We natives don't owe you Christians a damn thing...

No you don't, but why don't the deviants stay out of our business (being nosy) and out of our lives as we see fit to live them in this nation ? They can't because they have to keep up with their enemies now don't they ? Yes Christians are the enemies now, and it's all because they want them in that way, and they also want a corrupted government to destroy the Christians freedoms and lifestyles in this nation for them in the end.

It's so transparent now, but the task is huge, and so I wonder are they really up to it ? A person can waist their whole life trying to stamp something out, but it appears these days that their are people standing in line to do the job somehow, so carry on I say to them all for being idiots, but I hope they don't get to frustrated when they find that it isn't an easy task for what they and others might be attempting to do these days.

 

[depotoo]

The history is there, for anyone wishing to see it.

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

 

[September]

"Deviants"?

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[Moonglow]

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

We natives don't owe you Christians a damn thing...

No you don't, but why don't the deviants stay out of our business (being nosy) and out of our lives as we see fit to live them in this nation ? They can't because they have to keep up with their enemies now don't they ? Yes Christians are the enemies now, and it's all because they want them in that way, and they also want a corrupted government to destroy the Christians freedoms and lifestyles in this nation for them in the end.

It's so transparent now, but the task is huge, and so I wonder are they really up to it ? A person can waist their whole life trying to stamp something out, but it appears these days that their are people standing in line to do the job somehow, so carry on I say to them all for being idiots, but I hope they don't get to frustrated when they find that it isn't an easy task for what they and others might be attempting to do these days.

I have no one on this planet which is my enemy, but death....and history is full of occurrences that display intolerance from all sides....

 

[depotoo]

To expand on that, it was settled by Christians, for Christians with the intent to keep any one single doctrine from being superior over another, to prevent persecution, such as happened under the Church of England..

The history is there, for anyone wishing to see it.

From the Library of Congress: Religion and the Congress of the Confederation - Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Exhibitions Library of Congress

"The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity."

We all have Christians and God to thank for our Constitutional freedoms, liberties, and the skeletal remains of morality.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Anglican in Virginia, Puritan and Pilgrim in New England, Quaker in Pennsylvania, dissenters in Rhode Island, Dutch Reformed in New York. All thinking the others were really not Christians.

And the fact is that the modern day American fundamentalists and evangelicals would have been expelled as heretics from those colonies. The Puritans would have executed them if they returned after banishment.

DS, no one cares about weird Christians then OR now.

We are secular nation.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The following would not pass a history class: "to keep any one denomination from being superior over another, to prevent persecution, such as happened under the Church of England."

Puritans killed Quakers, Pilgrims killed "witches", Anglicans drove dissenters from Virginia, Baptists in CT could only have their preachers approved by the state church's preachers, and so forth.

America was founded on religious non-toleration.

Just like the far right social cons are trying but failing (thank heavens) at non-toleration today.

 

[depotoo]

You really don't know your history...

Anglican in Virginia, Puritan and Pilgrim in New England, Quaker in Pennsylvania, dissenters in Rhode Island, Dutch Reformed in New York. All thinking the others were really not Christians.

And the fact is that the modern day American fundamentalists and evangelicals would have been expelled as heretics from those colonies. The Puritans would have executed them if they returned after banishment.

DS, no one cares about weird Christians then OR now.

We are secular nation.

 

[JakeStarkey]

You really don't know your history...

Anglican in Virginia, Puritan and Pilgrim in New England, Quaker in Pennsylvania, dissenters in Rhode Island, Dutch Reformed in New York. All thinking the others were really not Christians.

And the fact is that the modern day American fundamentalists and evangelicals would have been expelled as heretics from those colonies. The Puritans would have executed them if they returned after banishment.

DS, no one cares about weird Christians then OR now.

We are secular nation.

I really do. Everything I said above is true. And we are a secular nation.

A small minority is not going to stop marriage equality. Ever.

 

[DriftingSand]

So full of spite... for a "Christian".

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Examples or it didn't happen!

 

[DriftingSand]

"Deviants"?

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Yup!

By the way ... your quotation marks should come after the question mark.

 

[DriftingSand]

So full of spite... for a "Christian".

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By the way ... your quotation marks should come after the period.