Source: Standing for Freedom Center |
Studying Western Christianity is really interesting because when you're studying Christianity, which is surrounded on theology basis in the western perspective. The Western is often looking like it stands up divided up into American and European. America and Europe are different even though some of classification, that ever be classified as Western. Europe consists of 55 countries, including some unrecongized countries - de javu nor de facto - who are located in the same continent. America is stands of the United States of America, expect of Canada following the British ties.
The United States on their Constitution clearly has stated that the secularism concept, well-know widely as "separation of church and state" was popularized by the founding father, Thomas Jefferson on an 1802 letter "wall of separation" to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut, which is officially a country's government shape. He wrote on inspiration's European revolution in later 17th century - Protestants migration in the United States over Catholic and Protestant conflict. His strong reason was to protect the new nation realm in its role on national policy and politic decisions, it as could be avoided polarized policy based on denomination and church power, which believed it making it difficult and unilateral in a single governing, as sources tell, by "The Doctrine of Separation Church and State" in an 2023 overview article published by Dr. Michael Kryzanek of the Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, via the link. It does also, the government's commitment to protect the freedom religion which American people would be legally practice their own religion, like Muslims, Hindu, Buddhists, or non-affiliated religion, like atheists. You can find the first biggest mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, to home of the largest Arab American community.
For just your information, the four founding fathers were Christians by different denominations whose the first-ever US president, George Washington, was Anglican, second-term presidential, John Adams, was Unitarianism, third-term presidential, Thomas Jefferson, was an unidentified Christian (whom of rejected the idea of a Christian denomination but he was a comfortable deism), the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was member of Trinity Church. So, it should be as loud as clear as that America was a Christian nation establishment. However, it was not, even as of current it is not, still.
Though, the United States, typically first-nation traditionally sworn on the hand in the presidential inauguration under the Bible. In an ending scene of a presidential speech is always closed with a text of "God bless the United States of America", but still how can it is not a single of America, it is?
I believe some countries still stand up in a religion belief governing, but writing here is Christianity, so we don't talk about that.
I am not an American citizen and I have not yet went to America but I have an amazing experience of enjoyable friends and churching with American people and also American pastors who serve overseas. I also have friends who are Christian, but aren't Americans and are Europeans by different their countries. Two continents are different even though Europe is historically Christian nation, since Rome and Constantinople were the center of Europe before the Constantinople fall in 1453. As of when French revolution and church reformation led in the entire Europeans into secular concept government. So, yeah, as contextual of why Europeans are actually Christians but they're looked like just hiding their identity. They are caught up when they are in the church. As oppose, Americans are openly faith inside and outside. You can either easy while having small talks with American people, would notice how they belief in God without a shame. So, Americans are religious than Europeans, unless Eastern Europeans are probably I believe still have strong Christian tradition.
In God We Trust
In a slogan normally on an American cultural and society, where the American people firmly belief anywhere about God without a shame. Sometimes, I do not like and hate how ignorant and arrogant American people at sports when calling the NFL and NBA winners are the World Champions, still, the MLB final playoffs are the World Series, even though two franchises with a Canadian side playing the final games in a postseason league of it stands up "National". I believe the NFL and NBA winners are supposed just to be the National Champions and the MLB final playoffs should be the National Series because those leagues have 30-32 teams, an overall franchise of American majority and Canadian minority. But, I would say, gladly, I STILL LOVE THE USA! Why?
I'm for many times as frequent as impressed how religious American people are. At young ages, they're fully committed to Christ even though I grew up thinking that youth generation would not care about religion anymore. At 20s as I am, as they are fully committed to following Jesus! No way, I had not ever seen like that! I locally meet my Christian friends here, so it grew up ethnic-based church, by their family. It so be just different life experience. In America, they say that is very easy to find a church in the same town, to have a community or consult with a pastor. It makes me wonder of that, I hope I will go to the United States to see how American people's habit on a Christian daily life basis. I only have known fewer of America's Christian daily basis, which that just limited from media influence. So, I wish I could see in a real-view directly in America.
You can even see American famous people are strong declared themselves for Christian faith, like Patrick Mahomes publicly often pray and thank God after game, Stephen Curry, an international widely known basketball player also a Christian and Wenantchee native, Hailey Van Lith, a collegiate female basketball, at still young age, be baptized during offseason and is also a strong Christian believer. Still a few of American people, like Paige Bueckers, Harrison Butker, Kelsey Plum, Russell Wilson, Korbin Albert, and so many American publicly declared themselves for Christian faith. If you are a regular American sporting games holder, you probably will often see how American athletes gather to pray after the game. It is so amazing, aren't they?
So, I love America. They changed my life into Christ They are really patient at me even though I was troublemaker. They pray for me and even still invited me for a dinner! How God's love they acted really huge impacted in my life. I feel be obligated to grateful that God sent nice people like them who changed my life. So, they made me, feeling more love with the United States of America, even though I am not a citizen. As a Christian, I take so many lessons from American Christians. But yeah, some European Christians which are one of my best friend mine who know sign language, it has role-played impact on my life. He gave me a Bible and still reading until today.
I pray that America and Europe remain to believe in God, even their different circumstances to combat liberal radical culture and bring back conservative Christian values on society, based on God's love practice. Let's go USA! Let's go Europe!
IN GOD, WE TRUST! God bless everyone!
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