Indeed, a long time reader. It's a bit off the wall. Check it out
here. A taste:
In
light of the systematized Christian system described by Calvin, the
founding fathers had an excellent blueprint to establish a nation. The
founders clearly made some mistakes in forming this country; one being
the way they setup freedom of conscience. ... Unchecked belief in idolatry like the founders allowed in this
country was suicide and today is the proof of their error.
One of the main founders
was James Madison. His understanding of religion and the state was
different and he rejected Reformation principles on the subject. Madison's Notes preparing his Memorial and Remonstrance is filled with
incoherency.
[...]
An
unbeliever could make
the case Madison was no Christian at all with perfidious statements like these. Another founding father, John Adams was a definite Unitarian,
who denied parts of the bible, and was ignorant about the canon of
scripture. Today, Adams would be a liberal bigot, which is most of the
[D]emocratic party. However, for Madison to even bring these ideas up is
troubling. At least Bishop Meade believed he was a real Christian.
I'm not entirely convinced to take his word for it.
Note:
Links to Madison's Notes on the Memorial and Remonstrance added by me.
1 comment:
Pretty wack but a germ of truth: The multiplicity of Protestant sects and theologies and the bloody wars in Europe over them required the development of a theo-political democratic pluralism that Catholicism would be loathe to offer. America in a very real sense is a "Protestant Nation."
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