Originally Posted by AquaBuddha2010 Originally Posted by

Who cares if someone says they are "god-fearing". President Obama and every socialist in this country says they are "god-fearing". The issue is: which god are they fearing? It is clear that it is the idol of the State.







There is a clear philosophical difference between:



1. A marriage covenant where God is the head of the covenant in whose laws never change



And



2. A secular contract where the State is head and arbiter, in which laws change by whim





I don't care which statist comes along and says he is "God-fearing", yet promotes state sanctioning of marriage. There is a clear philosophical difference between the two. One is private and liberty-oriented, and the other is socialized and statist.



The 1920's was an era of the SOCIAL GOSPEL. The social gospel was a progressive movement that use state-moralism as a means to socialism. It was NOT a Christian movement. The Christians of the founding generation who fought and died for true Liberty would have been horrified at the way the government was used to strip personal liberties in the 20's.



The social gospel is completely opposite from the Liberty that the Christians of the founding fought for, but yet I see this misunderstanding posted all the time on this forum. Sad, but just another way in which Americans don't understand the history of theological and social movements in their own country.





And Christianity was the basis for gun-control laws?????????? Where on earth do you get something like that? Uh. Sam Adams and Patrick Henry would probably disagree.