In
many ways, it was a wonder that the Founding Fathers would align
themselves with Christianity at all! It's fortunate for men like
Francis Schaeffer that the Founding Fathers considered religion
something very personal, very local: if Christian leaders did not try
to impose any of their (often petty) dogma on everyone else (i.e. the
rest of the country), then the government would not interfere with
their churches. They did not count, of course, on the churches becoming
so large, so political ... and so entertaining.
So
now we have apologists in the form of Glenn Beck telling us that every
Founding Father was a practicing Christian , that he placed Jesus
Christ above everything and everyone else in his life, that he formed
the Constitution of the United States while, like the Bible, he was
inspired by a Christian God, that he cared little about Christian
history. And that he despised all other religions. After all, the
First Amendment's "Freedom of Religion" clause clearly meant "Freedom
of Denomination."
Two visions of Christianity with
only one nation "under God". Is it possible that, in their Deism, the
Founding Fathers were closer to the truth? After all, they prayed to be
delivered from the bonds of colonialism for many years
... but God did not answer.
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