Originally Posted by Bex
Linear I'm confused here.....Wasn't it you that was complaing that Christianity is forced down people's throats? I seem to recall your complaints about this and arguing with you about it. Now you turn around and start playing things from another side. It appears now, that we just haven't enforced it enough....what kind of game is this?
Not a game. I was pointing out an inconsistency.

The whole post by Russ was about the U.S. not following God and the fact that we will not enjoy His blessings because of that.
Russ then says:
Quote
This is why the United States has been so blessed; Because it has been obedient and lived according to Biblical law.

So I have to ask the question: How can we be considered obedient when the very first of our overarching laws states that the government allows religions other than Christianity to florish? Haven't we been disobedient for these past 233 years? Shouldn't we be prosecuting the heresy of Islam instead of paying their schools to educate their children in the tenents of their religion (see school vouchers)? Was the lesson of the Babylonian Exile just for the Hebrews?

If God has blessed us so much in the past, even though our government supports other religions, does this mean that He doesn't care what religion we decide to choose? The claim of blessing because of obedience does not seem to line up with the facts of U.S. history.

A faith that connot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -- Arthur C. Clarke