Adam's was a Unitarian and likely a Deist. He was still operating on the remnant capital of a Christian worldview but he Himself had abandoned the faith of his Baptist Deacon Father for a very different Faith.
Now, if he had said,
"Our Constitution was made only for a Christian people who have embraced Christian morality. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?”
But of course this begs the questions,
ReplyDeleteWhich type of religious people?
Which kind of moral people?
Adam's was a Unitarian and likely a Deist. He was still operating on the remnant capital of a Christian worldview but he Himself had abandoned the faith of his Baptist Deacon Father for a very different Faith.
Now, if he had said,
"Our Constitution was made only for a Christian people who have embraced Christian morality. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
I would have been excited.
Don't give up writing. Practice makes perfect.
I didn't even know you had this blog.
Pastor Bret
Well, even our Constitution was not exactly made for a Christian people, being a comprimise document.
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