Child-star-turned-fundamentalist Christian activist Kirk Cameron's pseudo-documentary Monumental is coming to over 500 theaters across the country on March 27, and from the clips available online, it's clear that Cameron's movie promises to be packed with the same Christian nationalist historical revisionism that David Barton is so well known for. In fact, Barton himself appears in Cameron's film. One of the clips available online shows Cameron visiting Barton's personal museum in Texas, and hearing a few of Barton's lies about the early Congress and Thomas Jefferson printing Bibles to spread the word of God to all American families.
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The answer is Yes he did! We know this from the FACTS from the movie as well as written scripture, prophets have spoken about it. This land was to be a haven for freedom, particularly religious.
There is a supreme being that is all powerful who still lives and rules this earth today and expects us to continue to uphold what our forefathers laid out. God still is involved in our lives today if we let him.
I know this from studying about God, praying and trying to do what he says. I know of his influence in my personal life. This country would not be what it has become without those ideals talked about in the movie.
If you dispute the efficacy of this movie I challenge you to come up with a better plan for running our lives and this country. I know your won't be able to do it. It defies law. Anything else defies our personal happiness and wellbeing. I know that when we follow those principals we are happier. History of societies has proved it over and over again. I challenge everyone to try living those values in this movie and you will know it for yourself.
dude, I would love to sit down and talk to you for 20 minutes.
1. "John Adams," by McCullough
2. "What Kind of Nation," by James F. Simon
3. "The 5,000 Year Leap," by W. Cleon Skousen
4. "Democracy in America," by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Your comment illustrates the problem perfectly. Americans have not been taught the simple truths about how amazing the founding of our country was.
Just in their writings, memoirs, and by their actions. It is not only true that they were no more perfect than you and I but it is interesting how people try to reason away God and especially God of the Bible.
Other than your thoughts about God allowing death please let me know your biggest problem with the "If God exists...".
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However, I asked the same questions regarding the Founders, and to discover the truth of the matter, went to original source materials such as one would find located in the libraries at Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Actually handled quite a few titles... .
In addition to that, just take note of the original mottos of the Ivy League, like Harvard's (In Christi Gloriam), and research the foundings of all colleges up to about 1840...all were theologically based, and mainly trained Preachers, Politicians, and Physicians....and, incidentally, the leaders of the Revolution, like Princeton's John Witherspoon, James Madison's being his leading protege'..... .
Then, just take a look at what is catalogued at, Harvard...today.
To look up "election sermon" go here:
http://hollis.harvard.edu/?q=ex-Everything-1.0:%22election sermon%22+
After that, see the list of Harvard Presidents from, oh, 1646-1846 found here:
http://www.harvard.edu/history-presidency
Then do the same at Hollis for Yale and Princeton names... .
Look up Samuel Langdon or John Witherspoon at the same Hollis search page to see what what they were hearing in Beantown during the Revolution... .
Next, take what you have discovered, and go to the online book sites such as Google or Internet Archive, download and ....read them.
Can't ignore the evidence of thousands of titles neatly stacked in every Ivy League library.
Anyone up to the challenge ?
It may be off topic, but here is some Darwinism: "From his "The Descent of Man," 2nd. Ed., 1909 p.p. 159,160. we read some shocking opinions from Mr. Darwin:
“At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace, the savage races throughout the world. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Dr. Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated."
"The break between man and his nearest allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, even than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as now between the negro or Australian and the gorilla”
“Looking to the world at no very distant date, what an endless number of the lower races will have been eliminated by the higher civilized races throughout the world!”
For Africans, Darwin links them with the lower species of gorilla. Seems to me this is not scientifically accurate.
Darwin, perhaps the racist's best friend... .
Contrast with the NT, Rev. 7 :9. "After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages... ."
FDR states: "As Commander in Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all those who serve in the armed forces of the United States. Throughout the centuries men of many faiths and diverse origins have found in the Sacred Book words of wisdom, councel and inspiration.
It is a fountain of strength, and now, as always, an aid in attaining the highest inspirations of the human soul."
There is also a picture of the American flag just below a pennant with a cross, and a note that this is the only flag to fly above the national flag.
Now, with an endorsement by the President (who later, just before D-Day gave a prayer on the radio for its success!) it would prove by FDR's official actions for the place for the Bible and faith linked to government .
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Not to mention that Chris Rodda is an atheist. You can't have a greater reason for NOT wanting the founders to be men of faith. David Barton is a Christian––you really can't have a greater reason for wanting the founders to be men of faith. What is the truth? And does it really matter?
And they will not be dissuaded.