The Smarm Stops Here

Today is Father’s Day and I’m so thankful for my father. I have more than just a good father though, I have a father who has faith in God. He along with my mother taught me from the time I was a small child what it meant to have faith in God.

When I think about the faith of my father I also think about the faith of the fathers of our great country. Liberals never tire of making the arguement that we do not have a Christian nation. They cannot stand it when conservatives like Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter talk about our nation being founded upon Christian principles. They squirm around in their seats and the hot spittle comes flying out of their mouths faster than you can blink. They use the same old tired argument about separation of church and state. The reason this country was founded was because our leaders wanted separation of church and state, but more than anything they wanted freedom of religion. All of this does not change the fact that our founding fathers were Christian men and women who relied upon God for the strength and wisdom they needed. Here are some quotes from George Washington, the father of our country:

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” 

“Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from heaven in pity and compassion upon me Thy servant, who humbly prostrates myself before Thee.” - prayer at Valley Forge

“To the distinguished character of a Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of a Christian.” 

Out of this Christian faith grew our country and in turn made it the greatest land on the face of the Earth. Our free market economy which has made us the wealthiest nation in the world grows out of the ideology of freedom. The soil in which all of this was planted was the liberty that each soul has to choose what he or she wants. It all began with God.