Perfection is in the eye of the beholder.
Anyway, if a more perfect religion and comes along, a better form of government, a better culture....and say a country that embodies this religion, government and culture conquer America by force...then you will be the first to convert to that new religion and
culture and government, right?
Saying you "do it better" than others have done opens you right up logically to be outdone by someone better. "Right" then becomes something relative, not absolute.
If America declines, then something better comes along and forces the Americans to "assimilate" to something better...telling you how to live, which God to worship, etc.
Something tells me that Christians would not convert to "something better" because they think they have the perfect religion, perfect culture, and perfect form of government...just like the Romans thought, the Nazis, the Greeks, the British, the Muslims, etc.
It is called fundamentalism, blind nationalism, and is essentially totalitarian in nature.
Anyway, if a more perfect religion and comes along, a better form of government, a better culture....and say a country that embodies this religion, government and culture conquer America by force...then you will be the first to convert to that new religion and
culture and government, right?
Saying you "do it better" than others have done opens you right up logically to be outdone by someone better. "Right" then becomes something relative, not absolute.
If America declines, then something better comes along and forces the Americans to "assimilate" to something better...telling you how to live, which God to worship, etc.
Something tells me that Christians would not convert to "something better" because they think they have the perfect religion, perfect culture, and perfect form of government...just like the Romans thought, the Nazis, the Greeks, the British, the Muslims, etc.
It is called fundamentalism, blind nationalism, and is essentially totalitarian in nature.
Quote from jem:
I have to say if you do not respect the fact that the White Christian majority in this country did more to further the cause of freedom than any other ( I know of) or at least was not more important in furthering those causes than any other -- you are all a bunch of blindly emotional losers.
What is wrong with White Christians wanting to continue the great culture they already made. Is is perfect no. But have you seen better over the last 250 years.
Who brought you these freedoms and rights granted by the Creator - a Creator acknowledge by Jefferson to be the God of Abraham Issac and Jacob.
Again white christians running this country are not perfect but they have been a shitload better than most if not all the alternatives.