The United States is not a Christian Nation

"When were you home last?" When I said, "The summer of 1957", they fell silent.

"The intent of the founding fathers was that.........."

I'm sorry, but I don't really care about what they intended. I only care about the triumph of WESTERN CHRISTIAN CULTURE. Amen.

'CHRISTIAN WARRIOR'

Yo Dmizer, how many islamic, jewish, hindu, or catholic colonists were there in the first thirteen colonies?

There were actually a good number of Jews in areas such as Ney York. That was a big reason they included freedom of religion in the first amendment.

There was also a smattering of French, German, or previously persecuted Catholics.

You have to forgive me. I'm one complicated animal. As a Christian nationalist, with a Catholic background, I'm very religious, but in the tradition of Christian humanism, as opposed to hardcore Biblicism. Also, I give history almost just as much credence as a spiritual guide and fountain of truth as I do other authorities, such as the Bible and the Pope. In other words, I guess my Christian denomination would be something along the lines of 'CHRISTIAN WARRIOR'.

" Onward Christian Soldiers - marching off to war . "

Overthrow a sovereign nation? Like Iraq? If you are taking into account the fact that the sovereign nation has attacked your ships and violated peace treaty's and resolutions, then yes overthrow it.
You paint a picture of the Barbary states as an innocent. They were guilty of seizing many ships and enslaving many more American sailors, illegally, then just the 300 he was attempting to free. It was an issue that had been occurring for many years. The United States was paying tribute(extortion) to the Barbary states (to the tune of millions of dollars, a large part of our governments finances) in order to have them stop seizing our property and sailors. Jefferson put a stop to that tribute and faced off with the Pirate states, something the former administration was afraid to pursue. Jefferson put to task the US Marine Corps to take the city of Tripoli and force concessions with the Barbary states. So in protecting the US and its interests Thomas Jefferson acted as any decent President would have. You paint a picture with half truths and deceit. Perhaps you should have watched the whole show, or perhaps looked up the history of it yourself. You haven't turned liberal have ya? Cause your last post sounded like a liberal. You criticize the US Marines glorious victory at Tripoli and chastise a US President for protecting his country. Righteous indeed!

P.S. I suppose you are in favor of pulling out of Iraq since it was a sovereign nation that we overthrew?

Overthrow a sovereign nation? Like Iraq? If you are taking into account the fact that the sovereign nation has attacked your ships and violated peace treaty's and resolutions, then yes overthrow it.

You paint a picture of the Barbary states as an innocent.

They were guilty of seizing many ships and enslaving many more American sailors, illegally, then just the 300 he was attempting to free. It was an issue that had been occurring for many years. The United States was paying tribute(extortion) to the Barbary states (to the tune of millions of dollars, a large part of our governments finances) in order to have them stop seizing our property and sailors.

Jefferson put a stop to that tribute and faced off with the Pirate states, something the former administration was afraid to pursue.

Jefferson put to task the US Marine Corps to take the city of Tripoli and force concessions with the Barbary states.

So in protecting the US and its interests Thomas Jefferson acted as any decent President would have.

You paint a picture with half truths and deceit. Perhaps you sould have watched the whole show, or perhaps looked up the history of it yourself.

You haven't turned liberal have ya? Cause your last post sounded like a liberal.

You criticize the US Marines glorious victory at Tripoli and chastize a US President for protecting his country. Righteous indeed!

P.S. I suppose you are in favor of pulling out of Iraq since it was a soveriegn nation that we overthrew?

"So how do you know you're a Christian if you discount the Bible? By what standard do you measure your Christianity?"

Three-way combination: Bible, Catholic theology, Christian history.

Be careful you don't end up worshiping the Bible instead of God. I've known many Fundies who do that. They get so obsessed with the Bible, they confuse it for God Himself. Both God and Jesus existed BEFORE the Bible. Jesus is not a collection of writings.