Was America Founded to Be Secular?

Jefferson, while still Vice President, gave formal approval for Christian church services to be held in the Capital. They were held there until after the Civil War.

 

Minor detail: When did the ending of a prayer become "in thy name" instead of "in Jesus' name?

Is there a connection between "in thy name" and GATOU, the god of the Masonic Lodge?

Interesting midnight surfing.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

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Check the rest of the story: there is a lot of conjecture about who authored George Washington's prayer book.

See further: A Basic Chronology of George Washington's Life and Documented Masonic Activities, gwmemorial.org/pages/George-Washington-the-mason

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

Was Jefferson saved? No. He was a practicing Christian. By that, I mean that he publicly went through the motions of being a Christian. He regularly attended Church. He embraced Christian morals and values. He even authorized public monies to train Christian pastors and advance the spread of the Gospel. He definitely did not separate Church from state. He did keep state out of church. Problem is that many years later, the court totally bastardized one statement in his Danbury letter and built false law upon it.

 

We are still in a nominal Christian quagmire. I is no wonder, Satan himself is become an angel of light.

We have been headed into the pit of ecumenism for over 250 years.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are called Christian. Now what?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

The Supreme Court ruled in February 1892 that the U.S.A. "is a Christian nation."

 

The basic issue is that there is a bible definition of Christian and a worldly ecumenical definition of Christian. Many do not see the difference. Many seem apathetic. We need to restate what the word Christian means.

"The disciples were called Christian first at Antioch." See Acts 11:19-26. The real Christians were also known as The Way. Christian was a term of derision, a lot like Anabaptist.

Where were the Baptists in the founding of the U.S. of A? There are records which indicate some were arrested and punished for preaching the Gospel--without a license as it were.

Freedom of religion/conscience is a Baptist distinctive. Anglicans were in the majority. We almost had state religion. God intervened there for sure.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

Let us filter this discussion through the paradigm of John 14:6. Preaching such scripture will get you arrested, stoned, beheaded and several more not so pleasant adventures. Did not Jesus say what the world did to Him it will do to us?(disciples--followers--learners) Secularists do not have these problems.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

"E pluribus unum" appeared on the great seal of the United States and our currency as of 1782. Well prior to "In God We Trust", on American currency. Which was embossed with that slogan in 1956.

The Constitution is a contract designed to protect the people from the government. And our individual and national rights and freedoms.
Yes, America was founded as a secular nation. And for good reason. Because the freedoms for all people, moral and religious, were assured in that aforementioned contract.
Something that the history of England did not afford its people. And something I believe the forefathers who hailed from there were not only aware of, but were resolute that the travesty of that history not repeat itself in a new free land.