Subject: My Reply- Not a Christian Nation?
I wonder if the b Hussein o could come up with a list to compare with these quotes during any of his self-advancing oratories? Could He or any other of the antis with all of their self-acclaimed intelligence? I think not.
There are so many black Christians and great American blacks. Why was this one picked to lead our country and be the Commander in Chief? That is politics and money.
He nearly always admits mistakes but continues in moving his agenda forward. American voters should admit their greivous error in voting this person to the most powerful office currently among humans.
He wil leave this country powerless and has altready gone a long way in the dismantling of it.
Because of the good, and the riches in this nation, people have been helped in catastrophies all over this world. He should never apologize for all the graves of American service people in France and throughout the world. God has blessed America and America has turned its back on God. God knows when our representatives have shown arrogance, but this person should not tear down the good of these fellow Americans he represents. Grace Hopper, our first lady Admiral, said people don't want managers. Grace also said that soldiers don't want to be managed into battle, they want to be led into battle.
American people want leaders. Most of our supposed representatives consider themselves managers. We should limit their time in office, and strive for real leaders.
We were never a fully Christian nation wherein each citizen proclaimed Christianity. Heaven alone may claim that under God, the greatest of leaders, and His Son, Jesus. Of course, as a citizen of the world, I am happy to share these beliefs with the great majority of Americans and with Christians throughout.
Sam
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Subject: Not a Christian Nation?
A few weeks ago President Barack Obama made the statement to the Turkish president that (and this is a quote) "we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."
I believe this president needs to read our history. Below are quotes from previous presidents and statesmen that say just the opposite. Our country was founded on Chrstian principles from the beginning and as stated by Patrick Henry
"America Was Not Founded By Religionists Nor On Any Religion, But On The GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST." –
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America was not founded by religionists nor on any religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." –
Patrick Henry
Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims' own words from the famous "Mayflower Compact" tell it all: "Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Part of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”
President George Washington,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
- President Thomas Jefferson
God who gave us life gave us liberty. 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."-
President Thomas Jefferson
“I have always said and always will say that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make better citizens, better fathers, better husbands... the Bible makes the best people in the world."
President Thomas Jefferson
"My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising... It seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day... It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue."
President John Quincy Adams
“There is a book worth all other books which were ever printed.”
Patrick Henry,
"We have staked the whole of our political institutions on the capacity of mankind to govern themselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." –
President James Madison
"The Bible is the Rock on which this Republic rests."
President Andrew Jackson
“A thorough understanding of the Bible is better than a college education.”
“I believe that the Bible is to be understood and received in the plain and obvious meaning of its passages; for I cannot persuade myself that a book intended for the instruction and conversion of the whole world should cover its true meaning in any such mystery and doubt that none but critics and philosophers can discover it.”
“Education is useless without the Bible.”
Daniel Webster,
“Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.”
President Ronald Reagan,
“In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.”
Robert E. Lee,
“I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God’s word because it finds me where I am.”
President Abraham Lincoln
The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion." –
President Abraham Lincoln
In regards to this great Book (the Bible), I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.”
President Abraham Lincoln
"The Bible is the sheet-anchor of our liberties."
President Ulysses S. Grant
"Let us look forward to the time when we can take the flag of our country and nail it below the Cross, and there let it wave as it waved in the olden times, and let us gather around it and inscribe for our motto: 'Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever", and exclaim: Christ first, our country next!"-
President Andrew Johnson
“When you have read the Bible, you know it is the word of God, because it is the key to your heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.”
President Theodore Roosevelt,
"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
President Theodore Roosevelt,
“To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible."
President Theodore Roosevelt,
“I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good of the Savior of the world is communicated to us through the Book.”
President Woodrow Wilson,
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.....The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God, and spiritual nature and needs of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation. America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture." –
President Woodrow Wilson
“I have a very simple thing to ask of you. I ask every man and woman in this audience that from this day on they will realize that part of the destiny of America lies in their daily perusal of this great Book (the Bible)."
President Woodrow Wilson
The strength of our country is the strength of its religious convictions. The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country."-
President Calvin Coolidge
"Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is the Bible; on the political side, the Constitution."-
President Herbert Hoover
"The study of the Bible is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience."
President Herbert Hoover
"We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic. Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity." –
President Franklin Roosevelt
"The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State!"-
President Harry Truman
"The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope."
President Dwight Eisenhower
"We in this country, in this generation are, by destiny rather than choice, the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men. That must always be our goal. For as was written long ago, 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.'."-
President John Kennedy
"Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first - the most basic - expression of Americanism. Thus, the founding fathers of America saw it, and thus with God's help, it will continue to be."-
President Gerald Ford
"Here before me is the Bible used in the inauguration of our first President in 1789, and I have just taken the oath of office on the Bible my mother gave me just a few years ago, opened to the timeless admonition from the ancient prophet Micah: 'He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God"-
President Jimmy Carter
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon."
- President Jimmy Carter
"Let us, young and old, join together, as did the First Continental Congress, in the first step, humble heartfelt prayer. Let us do so for the love of God and His great goodness, in search of His guidance, and the grace of repentance, in seeking His blessings, His peace, and the resting of His kind and holy hands on ourselves, our nation, our friends in the defense of freedom, and all mankind, now and always."-
President Ronald Reagan
"Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face."
President Ronald Reagan
"The great faith that led our nation's founding fathers to pursue this bold experience in self-government has sustained us in uncertain and perilous times; it has given us strength and inspiration to this very day. Like them, we do very well to recall our 'firm reliance on the protection of divine providence' to give thanks for the freedom and prosperity this nation enjoys, and to pray for continued help and guidance from our wise and loving Creator."-
President George Bush
"I was humbled to learn that God sent His Son to die for a sinner like me."
- President George W. Bush
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