I have a question. My friend and I are in a debate. See, he thinks very conservatively(I don't know if that is a word or not but yeah), and I am much more liberal. We are both Christians, but he was talking about Obama(blah blah blah...not good talk), and something that he did on our CHRISTIAN Independence Day. Now, I am pretty smart, but this baffles me. What does Christianity have to do with America declaring its independence from Britian? Thanks guys!
Derek
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"What does Christianity have to do with America declaring its independence from Britian?"
Absolutely nothing. Thomas Jefferson and the colonists wanted to break away from Britain and King George II because they felt the government did not govern in a way that represented them. Look at the Declaration of Independence and then look at the first 10 Amendments and look how they correlate.
Jefferson laid out all of the injustices in the DOI. It has NOTHING to do with Christianity.
We weren't even founded on its principles.
"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen,-and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/bar1796t.asp
Realm
Nope. Independence Day is NOT religious in any way. The men who liberated this country from Britain's rule went totally out of their way to keep the Constitution neutral. They did not declare any type of religion for this country at all. We have freedom OF religion, which includes freedom FROM religion... But this is where the whole "separation of church and state" thing comes in. The founding fathers of this country were making a conscious effort to keep the two separate. Religion isn't supposed to play a part in government affairs, though unfortunately it somehow does.
So this is where the debate between you and your friend ends. You are correct. Independence Day is not religious and Christianity has nothing at all to do with America declaring its independence from Britain.
(P.S. You were right again. "Conservatively" is a word. It's an adjective. And you spelled it correctly. Yay, win.)
Whatever4
Independence Day has nothing to do with Christianity. The patriots declared their independence from Great Britain and King George, who were also Christians. In fact, if you READ the Declaration of Independence, there's no mention of Christ, but plenty of mentions of God.
Anonymous
My church does no longer coach towards it, and correctly, turns out to inspire it. However, there are a few denominations in the community that refuse to rejoice Independence Day for the causes you are already recounted. They recall themselves to not be a facet of this international, and refuse to maintain public workplace, or rejoice nationalistic vacations. In a few circumstances, those agencies will also abstain from vote casting in elections, considering such elections are most effective imperative to guy-made "kingdoms", and no longer the Heavenly kingdom.
truth seeker
A real Christian would not be concerned with a Christian Independence Day. A real Christina would want to call it Christian "Dependence" Day, because a real Christian would want to be "dependent" on God and Jesus.