He claimed that this country is now ruled "by the judges" and "for the judges" who got rid of school prayer, 10 commandments, and determined "Under God" is unconstitutional. (I'll be posting an entry about my view of the Constitution's relationship with God later). He said that all of these decisions were made behind the "guise of Separation of Church and State" and was against our Founding Father's intention.
Nathan does a good job of pointing out the contradictions between what Land says and what he does. I, for one, am praying that God will give him the stomach to keep watching the Coral Ridge Hour and pointing out the contradictions that he finds expressed there.
Those interested in discerning for themselves the Founding Fathers intention can read the following links:
Jefferson's Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance
Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association
Early Advocates for Separation of Church & State
Early Advocates for Separation of Church and State (Part 2)
Early Advocates for Separation of Church and State (Part 3)
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Somehow Richard Land has his mind made up don't confuse it with facts. The court did not rule the phrase "Under God" to be unconstitutional. It ruled that the phrase is so vague and general as to be meaningless. I like the bumper sticker that says, "as long as teachers give tests there will be prayer in school." I wonder if Richard Land and the other demogogues would appreciate their children being required to repeat native american religious chants in school, or have to say "Holy Marys" It always comes down to who's ox is gored.
NY Times has a good article today about the can of worms the Tulsa Zoo opened up when they wanted to set up a creation exibit.
mom2,
I'm not going to be miserable to find Southern Baptists in heaven.
I do think many Southern Baptists will be surprised to find out who is there that they think shouldn't be there. It would make many of them miserable if they had to acknowledge that now.
Mom2,
how fortunate you are to belong to a church that has forgone the political infighting that has diseased the convention as a whole. I wish I was that fortunate, and had not suffered the coercive conformity pervading most of the churches in my city.
Bruce, thank you for linking to this. I commend you and everyone else for getting through it all!
I do pray that I can keep my emotions in check and stomach an hour of this a week. (I also pray that my VCR will cooperate with my rabbit ears so I can have a record to go by.) Beware, I only watched 20 minutes this past time, so I'll definitely have to make a concerted effort to condense my summary and observations.
Mom2, I grew up in a Southern Baptist church with a pastor that's been there over 40 years. He's definitely kept the political infighting to a minimum and the focus on God. I was not fully aware of the infighting that consumed the SBC while I grew up. I count myself blessed that I did not see it played out first-hand in my church. I am saddened everytime I hear 'horror' stories from my wife's classmates at Seminary.
I pray for your church as well as my home church that the corrupting nature of politics stays out and the focus remains where it needs to be. Politics do not belong in God's House, but unfortunately many use it as a tool to further their vision of His Kingdom. I hope and pray that my church survives my pastor's retirement without the bitter infighting or worse, separation.
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