We'll Hear a Lot Bible During the 250 Year Celebration of the U.S.



I look for Christian nationalism to be a theme of the right during our 250th anniversary. You can count of the religious right to forget that when the nation was established slavery was legal and justified by the very Bible used today. An outrageous example of such writing showed up today by a well-known Christian figure, Tony Perkins.

The Hindu religion had been in existence for many centuries when white Europeans took the Americas from those who lived here. Hindu societies were doing fine. Why then, does the Christian right think our society, democracy and sovereign country would fall in a heap if the majority was non Christian? It has not been a perfect place with Christianity, slavery being one flaw. Countries with other religions are not perfect either. Some cultures are better for the human beings that live in them than others. The religions of societies come along after the culture is there and adjusts.

One of the humorous events in U.S. history was the Treaty of Tripoli. That document, signed by President John Adams, approved unanimously by both houses of Congress and published in all newspapers of the time said "..the United States shall not be considered a Christian nation." It was a document meant to separate us from European atrocities done in the name of Christianity. It was believed the pirates of the time were angry at Christianity and that disowning it would make our cargo on the high seas safer. I can assure you the Treaty of Tripoli will not be mentioned by the Christian right during the celebrations of 250 years. 

I wish Republicans would agree not to bring up the Bible during this particular milestone in our history.


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