Is the U.S. a Christian Nation?

December 15, 2006

Commentary

by Housewife4Palestine

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At a time when Islamic countries are being accused of being or possibly terrorist countries, by the United States and their Allies; we have one other factor that is a growing concern in the world slice of the pie.

Speaking about Christian Racialism or Terrorism by Christian coalitions to fundamentalist or whatever word theses terrorist are using this week to justify their terror on helpless people.

Since 9/11 from the Bush camp, to every cracked pot across the country has got on the bandwagon declaring the United States as a sole Christian country and nothing more.

I even saw a picture the other day of a woman asking for money who paled in looks to the Tammy Faye Baker in her heyday. She looked more like Miss. Mona from "The Greatest Little Whore House in Texas" when she first woke in the morning with a bad hair day and ten cans of Dutch Boy Paint.

But getting back to matters at hand, the below article apparently I am suspecting because I do not know Cal Thomas is a Christian writer, giving his views on the United States being a Christian country and I found it most interesting what he had to say and the manner in which he wrote his opinion.

Mainly because in one aspect he is correct, because the United States for quite sometime now has been a melting pot country with a much-diversified populace with from what I had viewed in my travels is a representation of about every religion in the world in some form.

What even makes it more interesting is the ruling government is becoming more radical Zionist then the guise of Christianity.

Moreover, the same radical extremism I spoke of earlier not just speaking about a unified Christian country but more to the framework of Zionism not the purity of Christianity at all.

Furthermore, what is a political problem in the world to make anything a religious war is going back to the days of the suit of armor and the crusades?

Lastly, to force your religion upon anyone by terror or any kind of force is despicable and as the radical’s are so prone to accuse the religion of Islam, it is for them to check their dirty sheets.

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by Cal Thomas

Isaiah Already Answered This Question

The prophet Isaiah wrote: "Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales...Before Him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by Him as worthless and less than nothing." (Isaiah 40:15-16). That doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for those who claim America is a "Christian nation."

What does that mean? That we are all Christian? Of course not, because all are not.

Declaring America as special, or uniquely Christian, or more favored by God than, say, Canada, or Mexico, or even Iran, is a form of idolatry.

It also reflects an unbiblical view that God's Kingdom and the United States have a kind of "special relationship," the theological equivalent of the "special relationship" that has existed between the U.S. and Britain. A lot of Scripture has to be twisted to reach such a conclusion.

Only individuals can be Christian, not countries, and those who think otherwise are in danger of breaking the Commandment, "Thou shalt not have no other gods before me."

Cal Thomas-Syndicated political columnist and “On Faith” panelist Cal Thomas has a twice-weekly column that appears in over 500 newspapers around the world. A graduate of American University, Thomas is a veteran of broadcast and print journalism. He has worked for NBC, CNBC, PBS television, and the Fox News Channel where he currently appears on the weekly media critique show, “Fox News Watch.” Thomas has authored ten books, including Blinded by Might: Can the Religious Right Save America?, A Freedom Dream, Public Persons and Private Lives, Book Burning, Liberals for Lunch, Occupied Territory, The Death of Ethics in America, Uncommon Sense and Things That Matter Most. His latest was The Wit and Wisdom of Cal Thomas. In 1995, Thomas was honored with a Cable Ace Award nomination for Best Interview Program. Other awards include a George Foster Peabody team reporting award, and awards from both the Associated Press and United Press International. Common Ground, which Thomas writes for USA Today, offers insightful discussion of contentious social issues with his friend and political counterpart, Bob Beckel. The two are working together on a book to be published in 2007.