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But my point is, Being a christian simply means, “accepting Jesus as the Son of God and the Savior of the world.” If you do this and follow the example of His life then the other things will come into place. But I knew the crux of the article was about being a christian nation. Not personal acceptance of Christ.

“Living in America does not guarantee that our beliefs will never be challenged or that others will never conduct themselves in ways with which we disagree. That aspect of our culture is a big part of our freedom. Many countries are not free to voice their opinion or have meaningful public discourse and debate. Believers should become informed concerning our history, our society, and our culture so that we can engage in productive discussions. However, it is even more important that we know what the Bible has to say and that we nurture our relationship with God at every opportunity.”

This is so true! I like your message very much. I am Chinese, raised up in a Christian family, but when it comes to faith, we do not have actual deeds, (which makes me sad). The act of going to church does not develop our faith or make us more “Christian.” Recently in China, there are thousands of churches’ crosses were torn out, and they were under persecution. I believe more nations do not have the privilege of free religion. When I was a kid, my parents told me that America is a Christian nation, and I have seen many ministers overseas preaching the gospel. I felt that is so honorable to be a citizen of a Christian nation and have Christianity as their culture. However, two years ago, I visited America (California, Denver, and Las Vegas for about a month), with a high expectation of observing this Christian nation. However, I was greatly disappointed. First, there were not as much Christians as I thought there were. Of course, I knew that not everyone would be Christian because Jesus said that the gate of heaven is narrow, but after seeing with my own eyes, sorrow arose in my heart. Second, even people who claimed themselves “Christian,” some of them are gathering for parties, even for food and drinks. They gathered for parties! I was very shocked. I am currently attending American Highschool correspondently and learned more about America. I am still impressed of how the founding fathers created this nation by Puritans, especially what Pilgrims have done. I was able to see the change of the nation from a domain Christianity to transcendentalists ideas, and gradually to where it is now. When the Supreme Court passed the freedom to homosexual marriage, I had a complex emotion in my heart, tangled with anger, disappointing, sad, etc. I was sad that Obama lighted a rainbow light supporting such evil action which our Father detests. There are so many examples in the Bible of complete destruction for people who commit homosexual. Moreover, this is just one example of the many that are leading the nation to corruption, abortion, even the term of “separation of church,” people use this term to control or limit Christian ideas. I totally disagree with these, most of the founding father had a firm faith in God, on the pillars of the Supreme Court, there are pictures of Moses on there, on a dollar bill, there is a line saying “In God We Trust.”, etc. Jesus is coming back soon, we should be firm in our faith, and I know and believe, persecutions will increase. I think we should continue sharing the gospel (spreading seeds) into this world, and pray for our faith not to get astray.

Sorry for my poor English. I know I am still young and immuture in many ways, but if you have anything in mind or having anything to share, please let me know. Thankyou.

Sincerely, Moses