I asked the question “how do the two relate to you?” and received some terrific answers. I’ve been pondering this subject for a while and have many thoughts, and have come to some conclusions but haven’t been able to really “write” anything on it. So I’m giving you a list of my thoughts on the subject.
• Being a Christian doesn’t mean you have to be an American, a capitalist, a Republican or be a westerner for that matter.
• Being an American doesn’t make you a Christian. Neither does being conservative, a republican, or living in the west.
• Being an American makes it much easier to become a Christian. (A Calvinist might argue against that)
• You can be both an American and a Christian.
• As a Christian, you don’t have to apologize for being an American.
• America’s greatness is based on Christian values and the work of Christians for that matter. Not to say that non-Christians haven’t done great things for this country, including die for its freedom. But Christians laid the foundations of this country.
• You don’t have to be a Christian to be a great American.
• As an American, I’ve never been persecuted for being a Christian. Being called names doesn’t count as persecution in my book.
• The culture of American Christianity isn’t wrong.
• Being a Christian is so much more important than being an American.
• America could crumble (God have mercy we don’t!) but Christianity cannot.
• America is not as Christian as it used to be.
• Much of my Christian view is shaped by the Church in America. This makes sense and isn’t wrong.
I could go on, but that pretty much sums up my thoughts so far. What say you?
