... about the power of belief.

This one is guaranteed to offend SOMEONE, so apologies in advance. We all have our opinion, this one just contains mine.


Today is the National Day of Prayer, the first Thursday of May. This is an interesting custom to say the least, especially in a nation like this one. Looking at newscasts and other media covering this day devoted to deism it made me wonder...

Were we founded as (and thus are we) a Christian nation?

This is a topic covered largely at the front end of the class for which I write this blog, but I feel today that it is especially to bring up. After much deliberation in the class we all walked back to our corners with bloodied scars, all clinging to our own beliefs. Indeed, if men have died over the debate of how God should be involved in the rights of man, IF God should be involved can spark even more ire. from that discussion, and from the book Founding Faith, i came to this conclusion.

No.
We are a nation FOUNDED by Christians. There's a difference.

My logic goes as follows. Contrary to the romanticized version, our forefathers were not of one mind about God or His place in government. Each member of the founders was of a one belief or another and the only way that they could agree to all work together was to make sure that no one of themwould have an advantage. THAT, I feel, is the real core behind equal rights and the First Amendment's clause prohibiting the government from favoring one church over another.
Since then, we have come to the understanding that this was a core belief, equality, and I agree. Whatever created the idea it has spawned something we hold dear, and that ideal is something to be protected.
This is an example of a theeory I'm working on, that "what actually happened is less important than what we think happened, or how we remember it, and how that memory effects us."
What do you think?