Why Does It Matter?

We were discussing American History, or rather, the deconstructionists were busy trashing the Biblical and Godly origins of America's foundational ideology.

sevenseas at CARM writes: "Something that has always bewildered me is the question of why does it matter? Why do you want the U.S. to be considered a Christian nation?
[cathy's edit: no, I am not concerned that "the U.S. is to be considered a Christian nation" at all, the point is not perception or how many Christians there are, etc. but the point is to acknowledge and understand the reality of the nation's ideological origins.]
After all, I hear a lot of negative comments on this board, in church and elsewhere about "Europe" and even though it's technically incorrect phrasing to most Brits, people generally mean England when they say Europe. England is a Christian nation. The Christian religion, denomination Anglican, is the official religion there! So, if anyone has claim to being a Christian nation, they do, yet some people complain that they are also socialist and have a myriad of moral breakdowns. So, if Britain is the model for a Christian nation, why do you seek the same status? Isn't it enough to conclude that most of the American populace gives at least lip service to Christianity and the concept of God, and that for many people it's a serious and important part of their life?"



Why does it matter?
For me, it is primarily a matter of intellectual integrity. Honesty.

I hate and despise liars, manipulators of the truth, dishonesty in any form.
At the top of the list is the shameless revisionist who would disembowel
truth, rewrite history, and promote a lie to set an agenda.

Historical revisionism is evil. It is practiced by those who deconstruct truth
for their own purposes, which are always evil.

My God is a God of truth, the essence, the author, the champion of truth.
The first lie told in history was uttered by a serpent:
"surely you won't die"...

... and every lie since then has emanated from the same place.

The Father of Lies is a harsh and evil task-master. Once an individual or a
people start down his path they are doomed to madness. Ask Nietzsche in
his padded cell whether truth is absolute or not. He died in his insanity,
a victim of his own contempt for reality and truth.

Truth is not to be tinkered with.
History is not to be tinkered with.

Secondly, ideology matters. No, it more than matters it is the
central core and crucial consideration in pondering the origins of the first
nation ever founded on the Biblical principles with the idea that God created
humanity, and created humanity to be *free*, that it is a *self-evident*
(needing no further explanation) TRUTH.

To deny the origin of freedom: Our Creator
is to deny the origin of our nature, and our nation.

To deny the Founder's plea to Providence, and their stated
dependence on God's good wishes for success
is to deny the reason why we should depend on Him always.

To deny the Founder's gratitude to God
is to deny the origin of our power and success as a nation.

The preamble of every single State's Constitution acknowledges and thanks
God for their creation. That is the truth. We deny it at our peril.

Just as we deny God's sovereignty over all things at our peril.
This is what the Founders knew. This is what the Founders taught us.


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