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The Power Of Prayer
Gio Rodriguez
Professor Bizzell
English 1301.801
October 30, 2014 Where’s God?

What has happened to this country’s generation? We used to be a country where you could go out and say “Hey I am a Christian and I am proud of it.” Now we can’t even go into schools and pray or preach a sermon in church without someone getting butt hurt and wanting to file a lawsuit. We need to take a stand and say “Hey I am a Christian and I am still here and I am proud!” In 2006 President Obama gave a speech saying and I quote “Moreover, given the increasing diversity of America's population, the dangers of sectarianism have never been greater. Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.” Now for me I believe that there are other religions such as those listed above, but what I do not believe is the we are not a Christian Country. Now that’s not U.S. Supreme Court meant when, in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 437 (1892), they held that “this is a Christian nation.” They meant that this nation was founded on biblical principles, and that those who brought these biblical principles to this land and who implemented those principles in our system of government were for the most part professing Christians who were actively involved with Christian churches
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