The previous article took a look at fragmentation of the nation through granting special favors to various groups instead of following the Constitution which provides for equal treatment for all citizens. It is undeniable fact that the founders of the nation believed in God and most of them were followers of Jesus Christ. Only those who refuse to read the works of the great men disbelieve and ridicule those who know the truth. In their zeal to refute, they cite sources written by those who have twisted the truth in an attempt to obscure the truth.

Over the years the heritage that was given to us has continually been diluted with an anything goes and anything you want to believe and practice attitude. Consequently, we find the nation a drift as the people more and more deny the base upon which the nation was founded, God and his principles. The result is a nation that is rapidly becoming two nations; one that believes in God and his son and the other one that denies God and attempts to repress those who do so believe. Along with that, another religion is being given a place because the adherents, [Muslims] demand special treatment. That religion is Islam, a strange religion that is an antithesis of the teachings of Jesus and the apostles.

No one is forced to follow Jesus which is the teaching of the scriptures. The men who founded the nation believed through their own free will and through their belief that all should be free to follow God as their belief based on scripture dictated, was the guiding force for the Revolutionary War the ultimate founding of the nation. Article VI which says, but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. To fully understand the meaning it is necessary to understand that the reference is to a particular denomination or belief formula, not that some other religion not based on the God, the Creator, would be acceptable. George Washington said: "Much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from the road which Providence has pointed us to so plainly; I cannot believe it will ever come to pass."  God whom they worshipped was their foundation and Washington couldn’t believe we would depart from His path.  

Such a difference exists between the teachings of Jesus and those of Islam which the nation is beginning to accommodate while pushing against those who believe in Jesus. Wherein Islam teaches that those who don’t believe must be killed (adherents deny that is so), Jesus says to knock the dust from your feet and go on down the road when people don’t believe the message. Matthew 10:14-15. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. There is the teaching and the warning for rejecting Christ. But it isn’t instant (or nearly so) death for not believing as the Islamic religion teaches.

Little by little, the preaching of the cross is becoming a hostile behavior to those who deny God and who don’t want to be constrained by any set of values but their own selfish ideas. Jesus is becoming a strange god in this nation much like that which Paul encountered in Athens Acts 17:18: Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. Jesus to the unbeliever is strange because he is different. His message is showing faith in him through obedience and doing good deeds for others, the end being their salvation if they obey in faith, not killing them if they don’t believe. That is indeed strange to those who are trying to please God through inhuman deeds to affect salvation.

We can’t exist as a nation with two religious beliefs, one of which makes unrelenting demands for its recognition. In Sorting It Out, if the adherents of Islam want to live here, then let them follow the ideals of the Constitution and stop demanding special favors for their practices. If they can’t do that, ships and planes leave every day for other places. Let them depart quickly.

© 1-26-2007 DEC   

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53621  See quote below from article 

"They took us off the plane, humiliated us in a very disrespectful way," Shahin said after the incident.  

   Site author’s quip:  Maybe they should have humiliated them in a very respectful way.