Christian America
Why the Greatest Country on Earth and the Destruction of Slavery Owe Everything to Christianity
The Founding Fathers established the U.S. as a Christian nation, and it remained Christian for most of its history. That’s a fact. It’s also a fact that Christians destroyed the slave trade, first in Europe and then in America.
So, why do you hear all the naysayers claiming it was never a Christian nation? And Christians did not abolish slavery?
Because that’s what liberals want you to believe. Secularists in universities, mainly Marxists, have worked slowly for years to purge Christianity from the record or, where that’s impossible, discredit it of any worthy accomplishments.
But as much as they try to erase history, here are several truths they cannot evade.
The Fleeing Pilgrims
The Pilgrims were Christians fleeing Europe for a better place to practice their faith. They were mainly Puritans, chased away by the British Crown for not aligning with the tenets and doctrines of the Church of England.
In the Mayflower Compact, they stated their reason for coming to America was “for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith.”
Later charters in the colonies reflected the Mayflower Compact, since it was the first written communal contract in North America.
Ignoble Savages
The idea of the “noble savage” is a conflated deception. The natives the Puritans, merchants, and Conquistadors encountered were high on hallucinogens, at war with each other and each other’s tribes nonstop, and sacrificed their own people and children to the gods in gruesome rituals.
Attacks forced the newcomers to defend themselves, and peace, though sometimes reached, remained exceptional.
The land itself was undeveloped and uncivilized. Native Americans settled few areas, leaving a wide portion of the continent to be claimed.
Nobody stole land from anyone. European Christians simply took what was already available.
Christianity and Deism
Most Americans at the time of the Revolutionary War in the 1700s were Christians or deists.
A deist is someone who believes God exists, but He doesn’t involve Himself in the world. He just made the universe and vanished, having no care about the plight of man.
Deists were a small portion of the 13 colonies. The brunt of people were Protestant Christians, in church on Sundays, always reading their Bibles, and allegiant to Christ Jesus.
Records show that 55 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were Protestant Christians. About half of them were practicing preachers. And in the Declaration and Constitution, they direct all credit back to their Creator.
Anti-Monarchy
The British acknowledged in their own writings that any American asked about their king in the 1700s would reply, “I have no king except Christ Jesus.”
Americans in the 13 colonies hated the Crown, not just because of King George III’s tyrannical policies, but because they recognized no authority beyond that of the eternal Lord. They already viewed themselves as a separate nation from Britain and refused to be owned by any government.
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Despising Actual Oppression
Americans kept slavery in the 1700s because of economic implications. They saw slavery as an unfortunate but necessary evil.
Some argued for slavery on “moral” grounds, but those voices were few. Many, especially in leadership, despised slavery and wanted to see it abolished.
Among them was George Mason, who fought hard against slavery, seeing no difference between it and the tyranny of King George. Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights was the document influencing the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, all of which recognize universal value in all men, instilled by the Creator.
Mason was unsuccessful at abolishing the slave trade in his time. But after William Wilberforce (a Christian) succeeded in getting slavery abolished in Europe, the whole trade became untenable and unthinkable.
During the U.S. Civil War, the biblical principles laid out by Mason and the Founding Fathers became the deciding factor in the fight against slavery and led to abolition during the administration of Abraham Lincoln.
The Lie
Modern academics want you to think that socialism and atheism were prevalent in America prior to the 20th century.
Sure, they became more and more popular toward the end of the 19th century. But prior, there were few, if any, atheists/socialists in America.
Both became prominent only after the French Revolution in the late 1700s, which coincided with the Revolutionary War in America. They spread through Europe first, and their views were not popularly received right away.
The U.S. remained majority Christian and/or deist until the late 1800s, after the abolition of slavery.
The Bible contained the views espoused on either side of the Civil War. Moral values therein eventually trumped economic greed filtered through cherry-picked verses, improperly interpreted.
Courageous men who went to war to implement the truth of the gospel and shatter the chains of bondage freed the slaves.
Conclusion: Christian America
American history is fraught with conflict, just as anywhere else in history. Imperfect, selfish humans - awash in sin and death - have and continue to pursue their own interests over selfless sacrifice, leading to chaos and disorder.
But, as always, the seemingly counterintuitive gospel of Christ Jesus became the cornerstone, the launchpad, from which the demolition of tyranny and slavery began.
Neither socialism nor atheism had anything to do with the recognition or defense of human rights. The worst evils known to mankind were enacted by atheist communists. Just ask Soviet Russia and Maoist China.
Know your God, know your history, and stand for truth in this dying age. If the Founding Fathers could do it, so can you.