Atheism is in it's own right could be considered a twisted belief. It also is the reason that YOU are losing your rights. Atheism was and is paramount among the "enlightened ones" of fascism, socialism and communism.
The Declaration of Independence:
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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"The opening paragraphs of the Declaration display total commitment by the authors to absolutes -- absolute truth, absolute law, and absolute morals. They never would have done what they did if they had believed in relative law and situational ethics, as our leaders do today.
God's truth and God's law are inseparable. And it is only through surrender to His truth and His law that sinful man can be liberated.
Jesus said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." And, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." (John 8:32 and 36)
God's eternal law is not the path to salvation and liberation, but it points the way by convincing us that we are sinners and need to be saved. And apart from the law of God mankind cannot govern himself in justice, peace, and prosperity.
The source of absolute truth and absolute law are our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Tyrants lie and are lawless. They produce societies of evil, misery, slavery, and death. They have no regard for the eternal truths of God or for his immutable, unchangeable law.
Our Founding Fathers knew all these things, and their Declaration of Independence set it forth clearly.
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Christianity brought you America and the Constitution. "The United States of America were no longer Colonies. They were an independent nation of Christians." John Qunicy Adams -- Say what you will, but Christianity is NOT your enemy. Most Christians have a solid belief in the words of our founding fathers and their intent of the Constitution. Yes, there are exceptions, just like with any group, including the constitutional minded atheists here in the Ron Paul campaign.
And for fairness, here is a note on tyranny in the name of Christianity ---
The best example of religious persecution in America is the Salem witch trials. How many people were killed in those trials? Thousands? Hundreds? Actually, fewer than 25. Yet the event still haunts the liberal imagination.
It is strange to witness the passion with which some secular figures rail against the misdeeds of the Crusaders and Inquisitors more than 500 years ago. The number sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition appears to be about 10,000. Some historians contend that an additional 100,000 died in jail due to malnutrition or illness.
These figures are tragic, and of course population levels were much lower at the time. But even so, they are minuscule compared with the death tolls produced by the atheist despotisms of the 20th century. In the name of creating their version of a religion-free utopia, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong produced the kind of mass slaughter that no Inquisitor could possibly match. Collectively these atheist tyrants murdered more than 100 million people.
TMike
PS - I'm not going to get in an endless debate on this issue. Facts are facts. And Christians are YOUR friends --- so stop trying to make them your enemies! ie-the Huckabee supporters that should have been Ron Paul supporters. NO Thanks to your hard lined ANTI-Christian posts on this forum.
