Dear Editor,
The United States of America was founded as a Christian nation. The corporate law documents of Jamestown, Plymouth, colonial and state constitutions, and finally the Federal Constitution testify to this fact.
The word “religion” used in the Constitution obviously meant “Christian religion” because the founding fathers recognized no other religion as valid. Early in our country’s history, a man could not even hold public office in most states unless he was a Christian.
The Constitution is the highest law of our land. It is higher than Congressional law, higher than Presidential proclamation, and higher than Supreme Court decisions. And yet, the Constitution has been regularly violated over the last 60 years, especially in the area of the rights of Christians.
Jesus is being removed from public life. This was never the intent of our founding fathers. It was never their intent to separate the God of Israel from public life. The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion” meaning no Christian denomination should have preeminence over the others.
Congress was also not allowed to prohibit “the free exercise” of the Christian religion. The Constitution does not allow equal time for other religions in our schools, courts, or legislatures. This situation could never have happened if the Church of the Living God had not been weakened over the years. God is giving the church warnings: violent storms, earthquakes, fires, mudslides, the 9-11 attack, economic collapse, droughts, pestilences and plagues.
If Christians do not repent, get right with God and restore what tens of thousands of patriotic Americans gave their lives to secure and preserve, this country will be destroyed. In the meantime, no amount of drugs, sex, occult practices, material wealth, or entertainment will fix us!
Jay Shutt
Hamlet
It would seem that if the founders had intended to make this a Christian nation that they would have written it into the founding document, or at least have mentioned it. But, instead, they did the exact opposite. What was wrong with those people, didn't they know what they wanted?
Further, the Federalist Papers, which were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in an effort to explain the Constitution and convince the states to ratify it, does not mention that the Constitution is a Christian document. It would seem that if they had intended the Constitution to be Christian that they would have written something like this, "Look, this ol' Constitution is a Christian one and it will form a Christian government." Instead, the federalists didn't write that. What's wrong with those people? Didn't they know what they wanted?
Let's use a little analogy. What if a group of people started a social club. All of the members are Christians, but in their founding statement and bylaws, where they put the purpose and rules of the club, they put nothing at all about the club being Christian. Nor did they state that the purpose of the club is to promote Christianity. And let's suppose that the members of this club even amended the club's constitution to read that the club cannot be made into a Christian club and that people of all faiths are welcome. Wouldn't it be absurd to argue that the club was a Christian one, even if one of the founders of the club said it was? And wouldn't it be absurd to argue that it's purpose was Christian?
Well, there you have it: our country is a free country where people of all faiths are free and have have equal status; and no religion is made special by the government; and all of the goals of the government, as stated in its founding document, are secular and not religious. This is not a Christian country.
John Jay, First Supreme Court Justice, who knew the laws of the Constitution better than anyone, had this to say "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."