Jesus and Witches

You are so right - but you know they never will - we are not allowed to question Obama!!

You have hit the nail on the head. Alaska itself is known as being little "out-there," and for having a long history of wanting to cecede from the union, but no one has even really questioned that. It was one of the first things I thought of when they announced that the Alaskan govenor would be McCain's running mate.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believed in Him shall not parish but have everlasting life." Doesn't get much simplier than that, we don't have to "do" anything to `earn a seat up there' as you put it, all we have to do is believe in Jesus and what He did for us. Jesus already took care of the rest.

I think that a works based Gospel is where a lot of people have fallen into trouble. God sent his only son to die on the cross for our sins once and for all that if you believe in His name and believe that Jesus is the true Son of God and died for you that you will spend eternal life with him in heaven. It's not about how much good you do or your accomplishments in life. It's about living your life each day seeking God's face and striving to become more like his son Jesus. We as humans are a fallen generation, that will not change, so yes everyone whether they believe in Jesus or not are sinful, but God created the perfect plan for us to be redeemed.

Jesus would say, "Let he or she that is without sin cast the first stone."

joe
No truer observation has been quoted on this page than that.
What would Jesus say if he watched her? I think he'd be taken aback at the flat out lies and falsehoods that she spews constantly.

How true, Joe.

Another who was obviously asleep during American History.

Our Founding Fathers were very clear about the separation of Church and State. The basis for this was that the State not declaring a particular Religion as a State Religion, neither would any of the Churches or denominations interfer with the Government or the Governing of the State (United States). Ergo, the doctrine of separation of Church and State. Other way of saying this is that the Government would not interfer in how the Churches would function and Churches would not interfer in how the Government would function.

"In God We Trust" on our money and "One Nation Under God" in the pledge are 20th Century additions.
The phrase first appeared on some U.S. coins in 1864 and became obligatory on all U.S. currency in 1955. In 1956 it was made the national motto by act of Congress.

Senator Homer Ferguson, in his report to the Congress on March 10, 1954, said, "The introduction of this joint resolution was suggested to me by a sermon given recently by the Rev. George M. Docherty, of Washington, D.C., who is pastor of the church at which Lincoln worshipped." This time Congress concurred with the Oakman-Ferguson resolution, and Eisenhower opted to sign the bill into law on Flag Day (June 14, 1954).

Since I was born in 1947 the first two years of attending school I did not say "under God" when reciting the Pledge of Allegance. Up until that time people of faith pretty much kept faith within their denominations and did not interfer with rules of Governance. With the rise of fundamentalism, which began at the end of the 19th C., and has grown exponentially through the years; we have seen many incidences of the people of a more fundamental leanings assert their influence on issues of Governance. This is NOT what our Founding Fathers had in mind. Separation of Church and State was very important to them. America was founded on the principals of religous freedom and tolerance. Our Founding Fathers knew that no one denomination should assert influence - yet here we are in the 21st C arguing with Fundamentalist what our Founding Fathers meant.

It was not people having faith or believing in God that was a concern - it was people of faith interjecting their particular religious beleifs on others who may or may not believe exactly the same way that they did.

So when a Government office says they cannot have a creche or 10 Commandments etc in front of the Court House; they are not saying you cannot be a Christian and believe in Christ. What they are saying is they cannot sanction one faith or one denomination over another. That is what separation of Church and State means.

Hey where's your faith - We must believe, that Obama is not going to be the next president - If America wanted a black man for president, why couldn't TD Jakes have run.

And Obama's beliefs aren't radical & he what experience does he really have???He can't answer basic questions about his background or produce a authentic birth certificate!