tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5575734128194938291..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Is America a Christian nation?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-3014607929945583512011-05-29T16:01:16.534-04:002011-05-29T16:01:16.534-04:00Maybe the discussion has to move somewhere else.
...Maybe the discussion has to move somewhere else.<br /><br />At the founding of the Republic the most reliable estimates tell us maybe 1 in 10 Americans went to church.<br /><br />A Christian nation?<br /><br />By the aftermath of the 2nd Great Awakening, about 8 in 10 Americans were in church.<br /><br />A Christian nation .....<br /><br />In the 1940`s -- to 50`s we witnessed the heyday of man centred preaching according to a reliable source like J.I. Packer from his introduction to the Death of Death in the Death of Christ. A very worthwhile read.<br /><br /><br />Now there are more unchurched Americans then there are Americans in church. According to pollsters like Barna.<br /><br />A Christian nation .....<br /><br />There are indeed certain ambiguities to the debate. Labels and assumptions can be misleading.GREVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415494137313565242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-74270604091612453342011-05-29T09:11:57.892-04:002011-05-29T09:11:57.892-04:00James,
Depends on what you're asking. For ins...James,<br /><br />Depends on what you're asking. For instance, Baptists who accentuate church/state separation and/or oppose political activism typically contrast the US with ancient Israel, which (so they say) had a unique cultic and typological status, as a nation set apart by God, which terminated with the new covenant. <br /><br />Grifman,<br /><br />True. That's one of the ambiguities of the debate.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-53630279811248337852011-05-29T09:00:34.697-04:002011-05-29T09:00:34.697-04:00I think we first need to define what is meant by a...I think we first need to define what is meant by a "Christian nation"? Is it a nation the majority of citizens are Christian? Is it a theocracy based upon Christianity? Is it a nation whose internal policies and foreign affairs are biblically based? And when would we know whether a nation is no longer a Christian nation? Seems until we have a definition, we're putting the cart before the horse.Grifmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536661110230304225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-71010653305109033682011-05-28T18:31:00.402-04:002011-05-28T18:31:00.402-04:00The denial is frequently accompanied by a contrast...<i>The denial is frequently accompanied by a contrast between the decadent secularized United States and the theocratic nation-state of ancient Israel.</i><br /><br />Exactly where can I find an example of this argument, and put forth by who?James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.com