Newsletter: These People Want a Theocracy
Debunking the Myth that America was Founded to be a “Christian Nation”
In the final weeks leading up to the election, it is imperative that Christians speak out against the myths and lies about American history. One such untruth is that the founding fathers intended our country to be a Christian nation: nothing could be farther from the truth. In this week’s episode of The Influence Continuum, I spoke with Amanda Tyler, Executive Director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) and author of the new book How to End Christian Nationalism. We discussed how important it is to remind the 70% of American Christians that the 10% are not addressing the Bible, Jesus, and the teachings of Christianity. This is a vitally important talk; I hope you will listen to it and share it widely.
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Amanda Tyler’s work has focused on constitutional law analysis and advocacy for ‘faith freedom for all,’ on which topics she has testified before Congress. She defined Christian nationalism as “a political ideology and a cultural framework that tries to merge American and Christian identities.” She based her foundation for religious freedoms squarely on the First Amendment, which stated, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” During our conversation, she shared her legal analysis and religious freedom advocacy perspective, highlighting that this scenario is currently threatened by Christian nationalism in the United States.
Read the blog post, or listen to the podcast, below:
As always, please let us know what you think about these pieces or what you’d like to see us discuss in the future. Thanks so much!
🔸Religion: 'Pudding is the only way' 'Pasta is the only way' 'Salad is the only way'
🔸Spiritual: 'It's all food'
Mystics are the root and trunk of the same tree, the branches of which are different religions.
From youtube film "With One Voice"
https://youtu.be/r3o2kltX7RI
You would think that, coming up on 250 years of being a sovereign nation that we woulda figured all this out by now.