July 4th, Hobby Lobby ran a full page ad in many American newspapers. The title of the page was "In God We Trust." It consisted of quotes from some of our Presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, Congressmen, Educators, and others on the Judeo-Christian founding of our country. Here are the quotes from the Presidents:
"It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor." -- George Washington
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." -- John Adams
"Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe." -- James Madison
"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? -- that it forms a leading event in the porgress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? -- That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?" -- John Quincy Adams
Wonder why they left this one out? -- "We are not a Christian nation." -- Barack Obama
The Dallas Morning News; July 4, 2009; p. 8A.
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We are not a Christian nation. True, we were founded on Christian beliefs, with the Quakers and Protestants and such other Christian affiliates, and they felt strongly about their religion and established this country with their beliefs as a firm basis that I suppose they dreamed would hold us together as a nation and remain with us forever. But we also founded with the ideal of religious freedom, giving all Americans the privilege to worship as they please, or don't. Despite their intense devotion to their respective religion, they did not say that you could worship freely, within the confines of Christianity. Regardless of their convictions, there was no "if", no fine print. Just religious freedom. I suppose our founding fathers forgot to pen "You may establish no religion. Unless it's Christianity, of course, because that's what we believe in" when writing the Constitution. So, in truth, we have no official religion. The First Amendment establishes religious freedom, therefore we cannot declare ourselves as a Christian nation, because just as we are a Christian nation, we are also a Muslim nation and a Hindu nation and an atheistic nation. And you can thank some of the people who wrote those quotes for that.
We can’t pick and choose with the Constitution because it’s the religion we’re rooting for. It’s kind of like a double standard. Adhere firmly to everything else, but overlook this one longstanding rule because it caters to our preference.
Woo, sorry. Off my soap box.
Anonymous, you go ahead and take Barack Obama. I'll take John Quincy Adams and "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord."
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