We formed our nation with slavery the law of the land.
And Christians were the ones who fought the practice, in the US and England. They ended the slave trade and eventually slavery altogether...something that cannot be said of non-Christian countries.
A few decades later, we fought a civil war over it, and killed more Americans than all of the wars we've been in since, combined.
At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000Total Abortions since 1973 = 49,551,703Now, exactly what has killed more Americans?
Poverty, ignorance, squalor. These things are not exclusive to third world countries - the US has plenty of all of these.
In Who Really Cares, he identifies the forces behind American charity: strong families, church attendance, earning one's own income (as opposed to receiving welfare), and the belief that individuals-not government-offer the best solution to social illsChristians do more to reduce poverty, ignorance and squalor worldwide, and in the US, than any other group.
Invade a country without cause and kill 95,000+ of the civilian population...yet no one is in jail for this...
Torture, violate our own Constitution and laws, disregard international treaties and laws...
Yeah, thanks to the BOR, the US tries real hard not to put people in jail based on whacko lies.
Is this really what a "Christian" nation is supposed to look like?
If not, then how can Americans claim to be a Christian nation?
Thanks to your socialist buddies, the horrendous practices you support, and the destroyed educational system your party controls, we look less and less like a Christian nation every year.
And if we cannot claim to be a Christian nation, then how can we continue to allow the interjection of religion into our government?
Um, I do believe the First Amendment covers this. Maybe you should read it someday.
How can it make any sense at all to fight over religious things like stem cell research, evolution, etc., when we, as a nation, refuse to follow even the basic edicts of our supposed "national" religion?
I fully agree. We, as a nation, need desperately to get back to our national religion.
How many rich Christians have given up their wealth in order to get into heaven? Can anyone name even one?
In Who Really Cares, he identifies the forces behind American charity: strong families, church attendance, earning one's own income (as opposed to receiving welfare), and the belief that individuals-not government-offer the best solution to social ills Probably not, because Christians tend to remain less rich than many of their peers...and happily so.
And if any of what I suspect is true, and we just call ourselves a Christian nation in order to justify our own beliefs and shore up our own personal doubts, while at the same time refusing to invest in those very Christian things like eliminating poverty
For example, nearly 13% of Americans have incomes that place them below the official poverty line. But what does that mean in terms of their daily lives? The fact that 95% of them may have a refrigerator tells only part of the story.
The Census report also compares, from 1992 through 1998, people's perceptions of whether basic needs were being met. More than 92% of Americans below the poverty line said they had enough food, as of 1998. Some 86% said they had no unmet need for a doctor, 89% had no roof leaks, and 87% said they had no unpaid rent or mortgage.
More computers than dishwashers
While some improvement was found in all those measures over that period, shortfalls obviously remain. But in many goods, the progress is significant for poor and rich alike.
Two-thirds of those in poverty had air conditioners in 1998, up from 50% in 1992.
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The fact is that we've really wiped out the kind of poverty that is seen, for example, in Mexico, where families live in tin shacks in garbage dumps. Our church does mission trips to Mexico...we build houses for people. Last year, it was a single mother with 3 kids. We built her a house with a cement floor and a leak-proof roof. It was the first time in her life she'd lived in a house without a dirt floor and leaking roof.
The fact is, JFN1, you're entire post shows a complete lack of any knowledge beyond your last bong hit. Join a church and go on a few mission trips. They won't charge you very much, just enough to cover travel and food...and you'll actually DO something with your hot air.
