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The Spirit of the American Revolution
Founding
Father and U. S.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall said this:
[W]ith
us, Christianity
and religion are identified. It would be strange, indeed, if with such
a people our institutions did not presuppose Christianity and did not
often refer to it and exhibit relations with it.
In fact it was Chritianity that began to shape American govenrment and
continued to make America a Christian nation. The
Historical record shows that it was the Bible and the Laws of God in
the Bible that caused the United States to become a nation in the first
place.
David Barton of Wallbuilders sites the following contriibutions made by
Chritianity in forming American Government:
"A republican rather than a theocratic form of government;
The institutional separation of church and state (as opposed to
today’s enforced institutional secularization of church and
state);
Protection for religious toleration and the rights of conscience;
A distinction between theology and behavior, thus allowing the
incorporation into public policy of religious principles that promote
good behavior but which do not enforce theological tenets (examples of
this would include religious teachings such as the Good Samaritan, The
Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, etc., all
of which promote positive civil behavior but do not impose
ecclesiastical rites); and
A free-market approach to religion, thus ensuring religious diversity.
Consequently, a Christian nation as demonstrated by the American
experience is a nation founded upon Christian and Biblical principles,
whose values, society, and institutions have largely been shaped by
those principles.
This definition was reaffirmed by American legal scholars and
historians for generations but is widely ignored by today’s
revisionists.
In this 21 part series on the history of the American Revolution and
the amazing role that the war between the colonies and Great Britian
played in shaping America, David Barton takes us on a Historical
journey of our countries Spiritual Roots.
19
Studies
in Mp3
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