Hello (name withheld) –
I’ll skip past the pleasantries, as there is nothing at all pleasant about your nasty little note, and get right my point — which is to say that you are not only a hateful and mephitic sort, you are also flat wrong about America. Without question, we are a nation that has historically been comprised predominantly of Christians, but that does not make us a “CHRISTAIN (sic) nation”.
We are a diverse nation of many creeds, traditions, and religious beliefs, including non-belief. Our founders were prescient in their creation of our Constitution and its Bill of Rights, establishing a lasting foundation which allows all Americans to live and work in a society that respects their individual rights. That foundation has served us well as our nation has grown to a size and diversity of which our founders could not begin to fathom.
Interestingly, it also gives you the right to spew your ignorant, uninformed and detestable bile. And it gives me the right to say what I think about your abhorrent and unchristian note — it is nothing short of perverted and loathsome. It is people like you, who if given half a chance would assuredly trample the rights of anyone who does not agree with your world view, that make the work of MRFF so vital and important.
Apologies if you are still sounding out “mephitic”.
Mike Challman
Christian, AF Veteran, MRFF Supporter
If America is a Christian nation, then how come many of our Founding Fathers were atheists and the American population have not been told about that in the history books?
Gunther, thanks for comment. From my perspective, whether the Founding Fathers were Christians, or theists, or atheists, or agnostic, or any other variety of believer is really beside the point. The important point is that they crafted a Constitution that enshrined the concept of an individuals right to believe (or not believe) whatever he wishes to believe (or not believe).
I realize that many of the Christians who wish to see our society adopt a Christian form of Sharia law like to focus on whatever tidbits from our Founding Fathers that support (or can be molded to support) the argument that at least some of them were Christians. But again, what any individual Founding Father believed or didn’t believe is beside the point — all one has to do is to look to the Constitution to understand the sort of religious liberty they envisioned… and it’s not the Dominionist Christian view and some claim.