tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post5800880275969923044..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Obama, Religion & the American PresidencyBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-27426603615018249502008-08-04T21:18:00.000-06:002008-08-04T21:18:00.000-06:00The whole purpose of this blog is to present pearl...The whole purpose of this blog is to present pearls to swine, isn't it?Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-64863631120195595132008-08-04T14:16:00.000-06:002008-08-04T14:16:00.000-06:00Oh, Barack Obama would be the first president to p...Oh, Barack Obama would be the first president <A HREF="http://www.reason.com/blog/show/122866.html" REL="nofollow">to promise us the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.</A><BR/><BR/>WWJD? Raise your taxes, for one.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-42621690838058606982008-08-04T13:04:00.000-06:002008-08-04T13:04:00.000-06:00.I've been doing a little--on my own--look see int....<BR/>I've been doing a little--on my own--look see into the religious history of the United States.<BR/>.<BR/>I think it is very difficult to get a good handle on the definition of "Christian Religion" during the Founding period.<BR/>.<BR/>It seems to be a split between Edwardsian Puritanism and Deism with some variations in between. A hodgepodge--nothing to nail down.<BR/>.<BR/>And, the confusion continued right up into the Civil War when there seems to have been a great turning away from any strong religious conviction whatsoever except for the "Iron Warhorses of God" and their narrow following--millenialists, etc.The Great War Between the States seems to have had a devastating effect on what people believed about God.<BR/>.<BR/>Then, came the Social Gospel and the split in Christianity was made quite apparent--<B>at least, I think so</B>--for the first time.<BR/>.<BR/>So, for anyone to harp on what Christianity was or was not at the time of the Founding seems perverse <B>to me.</B><BR/>.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-29840491606609662872008-08-04T10:42:00.000-06:002008-08-04T10:42:00.000-06:00Kudos. I think that is quite a well thought out an...Kudos. I think that is quite a well thought out and well written letter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com