Comments on: She’s Blogging http://shesright.org/2007/04/11/shes-blogging/ Someone's gotta be right around here. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:23:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: J.D. Ryan http://shesright.org/2007/04/11/shes-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-370 J.D. Ryan Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:05:00 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=122#comment-370 Hoo boy, this oughta be interesting. Make sure you look up 'deism', which was the belief system of many of the 'Founding Fathers', it's basically that of a disinterested god who created the universe and left, unconcerned with the doings of humans.<br/><br/>You need to define Christian principles, because 'life, liberty, justice, equality and such are humanistic principles, there is nothing uniquely Christian about them.<br/><br/>If you interpret 'Christian principles' as 'a nation who professes belief in Christianity' and puts service to God as an important component of being an American, you're gonna be SOL on that one. <br/><br/>As with intelligent design and global warming, there's not really much of a 'debate' about this one amongst the academics. The only ones that seem to bring it up are the people trying to get more religion in the public sphere and allow religion to have a greater role in American public life. Because you know those poor Christians who run everything are just sooooo persecuted. Hoo boy, this oughta be interesting. Make sure you look up ‘deism’, which was the belief system of many of the ‘Founding Fathers’, it’s basically that of a disinterested god who created the universe and left, unconcerned with the doings of humans.

You need to define Christian principles, because ‘life, liberty, justice, equality and such are humanistic principles, there is nothing uniquely Christian about them.

If you interpret ‘Christian principles’ as ‘a nation who professes belief in Christianity’ and puts service to God as an important component of being an American, you’re gonna be SOL on that one.

As with intelligent design and global warming, there’s not really much of a ‘debate’ about this one amongst the academics. The only ones that seem to bring it up are the people trying to get more religion in the public sphere and allow religion to have a greater role in American public life. Because you know those poor Christians who run everything are just sooooo persecuted.

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