Originally posted by Sara luvs her Tinky
are you a christian?

Speaking as a christian the above statements don't fit true in my life... You can't say "Merry Christmas" in a lot of places... only happy holidays.... and a lot of other examples...
But what else would you expect from a country that was founded on God...
How would it work if a group of nonbelievers went into another country and tried to make them stop celebrating the holidays of that country's beliefs???
I was born and raised Christian, but I would not consider myself a Christian now. There are some parts of the faith that I still believe in but there are other parts that I reject completely.

This country was founded on God but not strictly the Christian God. If you do some research on the founding fathers, most of them were Deists, meaning they believe in a higher power (God) but not Jesus Christ necessarily. Deists believe that God created the world and people but then kinda let 'em loose to see what they would do. So this country was not founded on Christianity if you get down the to nitty-gritty of it.

The only times I know of where religions don't get along with each other is when they are what I call "My way or the highway" religions. I do consider Christianity to be one of these religions for two reasons: 1) According to the strictest translation of Christianity, if you do not accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, you are damned. Period. It doesn't matter if you lived a good life and doing everything else that Christianity considers important. 2) The foundation in Christianity that you must "spread the word." In my mind there are two ways of going about it; talking to people about it when they ask and trying to conform the world to Christianity by force if necessary. I believe many Christians take the second route, including George Bush.

If he is a Christian, that's fine with me and I have no problem with Christians as a whole. I do have a problem when they start imposing their beliefs on me by having their beliefs instated as law. Abortion and Animal rights issues are prime examples of this.

This country is a amalgamation of many different religions and faiths and it should stay that way with no religion getting preference before or after any other religion for none are any more or less worthy than any other.