http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/america-a-christian-nation-2 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/america-a-christian-nation-2#comment-2099 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:15:19 +0000 http://www.virtuemag.org/articles/america-a-christian-nation-2#comment-2099 [...] Finally, even conservative Christian home schooled high school and young college students are beginning to reject the “Christian Nation” thesis. See for instance, Virtue Magazine, which has connections to Patrick Henry College, one of the few places where the “Christian Nation” thesis is still viable in the academy. Oh, they have some writers who endorse the myth. See this column (the writer is only 17; that’s why I am not going to browbeat her with my research). But they also have this piece by Derek Wallace which debunks a Christian Nation myth about Jefferson. And Wallace is going to initiate a series of articles challenging the Christian Nation thesis. See the first one where he writes: The purpose of this series will be to examine The Claim in more detail, and the beliefs that often go hand in hand with it. While the ACLU and any number of other people go too far when it comes to removing religious elements from school or public property, we submit that Christian conservatives go too far in the other direction. We also submit that their main justification or defense (”America was founded as a Christian nation”) is not necessarily accurate…. Trackback URL: http://positiveliberty.com/2006/09/many-orthodox-christians-understand-america-isnt-a-christian-nation.html/trackback/ [...] [...] Finally, even conservative Christian home schooled high school and young college students are beginning to reject the “Christian Nation” thesis. See for instance, Virtue Magazine, which has connections to Patrick Henry College, one of the few places where the “Christian Nation” thesis is still viable in the academy. Oh, they have some writers who endorse the myth. See this column (the writer is only 17; that’s why I am not going to browbeat her with my research). But they also have this piece by Derek Wallace which debunks a Christian Nation myth about Jefferson. And Wallace is going to initiate a series of articles challenging the Christian Nation thesis. See the first one where he writes: The purpose of this series will be to examine The Claim in more detail, and the beliefs that often go hand in hand with it. While the ACLU and any number of other people go too far when it comes to removing religious elements from school or public property, we submit that Christian conservatives go too far in the other direction. We also submit that their main justification or defense (”America was founded as a Christian nation”) is not necessarily accurate…. Trackback URL: http://positiveliberty.com/2006/09/many-orthodox-christians-understand-america-isnt-a-christian-nation.html/trackback/ [...]

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