If Jesus had never been born ...

[mattfivefour]

If Jesus had never been born ...

by Tim Wildmon,

President of American Family Association (AFA) and American Family Radio (AFR)


If Jesus Christ had never been born, you would not be reading this column. If Jesus Christ had never been born, there would be no United States of America. After Jesus left this earth, Christianity spread from the Holy Land to modern-day Turkey to Greece and Italy and then covered the rest of Europe. In fact, Christopher Columbus wrote that his discovery of the New World was inspired by "...the Holy Spirit, because he comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures." Indeed, if it were not for Christmas, we would not be living in the greatest country and most generous country in the history of mankind.

In 1950, President Harry Truman gave a speech to the Attorney General's conference. This is what he said: "The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days...."

Truman's message reminds me that there was a day that many reading this can remember, when the Christian value system was the common value system that governed our country. It fostered self-control and served as the basis of our laws. It was understood. It did not matter if you were a Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, Christian or not (Truman was a Democrat, by the way). Today, if a President of the United States were to say the very same thing Truman said in 1950, he would be called a member of the "religious right" and publicly ridiculed for trying to mix church and state.

If Jesus Christ had never been born, obviously, there would be no Christmas celebration or even a "holiday season." Think about it. Thanksgiving Day is based in America's Christian roots. New Year's Day is based on a calendar that measures time from the birth of Jesus Christ. Or, as our Founding Fathers wrote: "In the Year of Our Lord."

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Not to mention that we would all still be dead in our sins, without hope, and with only a fearful future of eternal punishment in Hell!!!

[SteveJM]

Thanks Mattfivefour, for posting. I think I'll have to print this one and share it.


From the last part of the article that Mattfivefour has posted-

The governor of Rhode Island changed the name of a Christmas tree to a holiday tree. Last year in Tulsa, the annual Christmas Parade was renamed "Winterfest." Examples like these are popping up more and more every year as secularists fret over potentially offending some tiny minority.

This is all about getting rid of our country's Christian heritage in the name of multiculturalism and political correctness. "Don't offend non-Christians," is the argument. Well, what about vast majority of Americans -- Christians -- who are offended by those trying to get rid of the true meaning of Christmas?

The truth is, as President Truman noted, one cannot appreciate America without appreciating our Christian heritage -- and Christmas is a part of celebrating our Christian heritage.

From Mattfivefour-

Not to mention that we would all still be dead in our sins, without hope, and with only a fearful future of eternal punishment in Hell!!!

That's a great point, Amen!

[Meg]

Great find, Adrian!! I just LOVE the whole article, but I especially noticed this point:

This is all about getting rid of our country's Christian heritage in the name of multiculturalism and political correctness. "Don't offend non-Christians," is the argument.

What do non-Christians really have to contribute to the national well being? Due to the pressure to reject Christian values of honesty, hard work and family unity, this country is falling into deeper and deeper confusion! Men want to be women, women want to be men, elderly people are abandoned to institutions which are often heartless and always overwhelmed, children grow up thinking criminal behaviors are cool, only to spend the best years of their lives in prisons. WHAT is so "great" about all that is a real mystery to me! Yet the teachings of Jesus Christ, which speak of genuine kindness, respect for ourselves and respect for each other are considered "offensive"... Go figure!