christianity and america analogy - yolanda stith

• YOLANDA M. STITH• CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE• PROFESSOR JUSTIN HARBIN• NOVEMBER 10, 2015

CHRISTIANITY & AMERICA

CHRISTIANITY AND AMERICA IS LIKE

OIL WATER

&

THEY ARE NOT IMMISCIBLE

=NOT COMPATIBLE

VOCABULARY

• DENSITY - DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY MEASURED BY THE QUANTITY OF MASS PER UNIT VOLUME.

• IMMISCIBLE - (OF LIQUIDS) NOT FORMING A HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE WHEN ADDED TOGETHER.

• COMPATIBLE - (OF TWO THINGS) ABLE TO EXIST OR OCCUR TOGETHER WITHOUT CONFLICT.

DESCRIPTION

• AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO, ALTHOUGH THE WATER AND OIL HAS BEEN SHAKEN, THE OIL ALWAYS FINDS IT WAY BACK TO ITSELF. THE WATER REMAINS IN ITS PLACE. MORE DENSE, YET REMAINS VERY CLEAR.

ILLUSTRATION

BENEFITS OF WATER

• DRINKING WATER HELPS MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF BODY FLUIDS.• CHRISTIANITY HELPS BALANCE THE EVIL IN AMERICA.• WATER CAN HELP CONTROL CALORIES.• CHRISTIANITY CAN HELP• WATER HELPS ENERGIZE MUSCLES. •WATER HELPS YOUR KIDNEYS.• WATER HELPS KEEP SKIN LOOKING GOOD.

HTTP://WWW.WEBMD.COM/DIET/6-REASONS-TO-DRINK-WATER?PAGE=3

USES FOR OIL

• OIL IS USED IN MANY PRODUCTS TO PROVIDE SHEEN.• OIL IS USED IN MANY RECIPES, A WELL KNOWN INGREDIENT FOR PREPARING

FOOD.• OIL IS USED IN EVERYDAY TRANSPORTATION.• HTTP://WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM/24752-SURPRISING-OIL-USES.HTML

OIL & WATER

• WATER AND OIL CAN NOT SHARE THE SAME SPACE.• OIL MOLECULES WOULD LOVE TO MIX WITH WATER.• WATER TENDS TO DEFEND ANYTHING ATTEMPTING TO OVERRIDE IT'S SPACE.• OIL IS TOO HEAVY & TAKES UP TOO MUCH SPACE. THEREFORE, WATER

PUSHES IT BACK TO THE OTHER OIL MOLECULES TO REGAIN ITS DOMINANCE.

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=H5YIJXDITGO

EXAMPLES OF FAILURE TO "MIX" WITH AMERICA

• IF A CHRISTIAN NATION HAD BEEN THE INTENT OF THE FOUNDERS, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THE CONSTITUTION, FRONT AND CENTER. YET THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION CONTAINS NO REFERENCES TO GOD, JESUS CHRIST, OR CHRISTIANITY. THAT DOCUMENT DOES NOT STATE THAT OUR COUNTRY IS AN OFFICIALLY CHRISTIAN NATION. (HTTP://WWW.ALTERNET.ORG/STORY/155985/5_REASONS_AMERICA_IS_NOT_--_AND_HAS_NEVER_BEEN_--_A_CHRISTIAN_NATION)

• WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT AMERICA WAS A CHRISTIAN NATION OVER THE YEARS. IF AMERICA WAS A CHRISTIAN NATION, WE'D HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GETTING SOME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T SUPPORT THE LGBTH AGENDA.

EXAMPLES OF FAILURE TO "MIX" WITH AMERICA

• KEY FOUNDERS SUCH AS JAMES MADISON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON OPPOSED MIXING CHURCH AND STATE. THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE SUPPORTED AN OFFICIALLY CHRISTIAN NATION.

• JEFFERSON AND MADISON CAME TO THIS OPPOSITION IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, THEY WERE WELL-VERSED IN HISTORY AND UNDERSTOOD HOW THE OFFICIALLY CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE HAD CRUSHED HUMAN FREEDOM. MOREOVER, THEY KNEW ABOUT THE CONSTANT RELIGIOUS WARS AMONG RIVAL FACTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY.

• HTTP://WWW.ALTERNET.ORG/STORY/155985/5_REASONS_AMERICA_IS_NOT_--_AND_HAS_NEVER_BEEN_--_A_CHRISTIAN_NATION

EXAMPLES OF FAILURE TO "MIX" WITH AMERICA

• IF AMERICA BECAME A CHRISTIAN NATION, THEN IT WOULD RULE OUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.• JESUS DIED THAT WE MAY BE FREE, HOWEVER WE ARE CALLED FOREIGNERS THAT ARE

PASSING THROUGH A STRANGE LAND. • AMERICA HAS BECOME OPPRESSIVE TO CHRISTIANS IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE US INTO

ACCEPTANCE OF IT'S MANY HEREDITICAL PRACTICES. • EXAMPLE:• SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE BEING FORCED TO SERVICE GAY COUPLES FOR

WEDDINGS. IF THEY REFUSE, THEY ARE THREATENED WITH A LAW SUITS. NO MIXTURE, NO COMPROMISE!

AMERICA: AN ENEMY TO CHRISTIANITY

• AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN A CHRISTIAN NATION.• THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH OUR COUNTRY STANDS IS FAULTY.• AMERICA ATTEMPTS TO DICTATE WHAT CHRISTIANITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE

AND HOW IT SHOULD BE EVOLVING.• WE HAVE GIVEN OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY OVER TO PRESIDENTS THAT

WOULD RATHER WE SELL OUT.• AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO HAVE MORE POWER THEN CHRISTIANITY

METAPHORS

• OIL LIKES TO MIX, BUT BECAUSE OF IT'S A THICK SUBSTANCE, IT DOMINATES. WATER WILL NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO DOMINATE IT'S SPACE.

• - CHRISTIANITY IS THE SAME WAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONENESS AND PEACE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, WOULD NOT BE SATISFIED WITH ONENESS AND PEACE, IT WANTS RULERSHIP & LOOKS TO MAKE CHRISTIANS MINIMIZE THEIR BELIEFS FOR THE SAKE OF OTHER RELIGIONS.

• EXAMPLE: • THERE WAS A TENNESSE CHURCH THAT WAS PROVIDING SPACE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS. THE BOY SCOUTS DECIDES

TO CHANGE ITS LAWS TO ACOMODATE EVERYONE, INCLUDING HOMOSEXUALS AS THEIR LEADERS. THE CHURCH CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR THE GROUP.

• (HTTP://WWW.CHRISTIANPOST.COM/NEWS/CHURCH-BOOTS-BOY-SCOUTS-OPENLY-GAY-LEADERS-POLICY-CONFLICTS-WITH-CHRISTIAN-MORALS-147765/)

METAPHORS

• TO MIX LIQUIDS, YOU ACTUALLY NEED BOTH LIQUIDS TO AGREE.• - AMERICA & CHRISTIANITY COULD NEVER AGREE BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY'S GOAL IS TO UPLIFT THE

BIBLICAL GUIDELINES AND TO PROTECT THE WAYS OF GOD. WHILE, OUR COUNTRY IS CONCERNED ABOUT EQUALITY WITH ALL MANKIND AND ALL RELIGIONS EVERYWHERE.

• EXAMPLE: • THERE WAS A MONUMENT ERECTED OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON A GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

CHRISTIANS WANTED THE MONUMENT TO REMAIN, WHILE OTHERS WANTED IT TO GO. IN STUDYING THIS, THE REASONING BEHIND WHY THEY WANTED THE MONUMENT TO STAY HAD BECOME DILUTED. LET GOD BE GOD AND AMERICA BE AMERICA. HE'S IS STILL THE GOD OF ALL, ALTHOUGH MIXTURE COULD NEVER BE TOLERATED.

• ( HTTP://WWW.CNSNEWS.COM/BLOG/SAM-DORMAN/10-COMMANDMENTS-MONUMENT-REMOVED-OVERNIGHT-OKLAHOMA-STATE-CAPITOL)

THEY ARE NOT IMMISCIBLE =

NOT COMPATIBLE

CLOSING

• THAT THE CHRISTIAN-NATION MYTH HAS MANY SUPPORTERS AMONG THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT DOESN’T MEAN IT HAS VALIDITY. IT IS, IN FACT, A FORM OF “HISTORICAL CREATIONISM” THAT MAINSTREAM SCHOLARS HAVE REPEATEDLY SHOWN TO BE FALLACIOUS. BUT, LIKE “SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM,” THE CHRISTIAN-NATION MYTH STILL HAS GREAT POWER AND WIDE ACCEPTANCE. HUMANISTS MUST CONFRONT—AND DEBUNK—THE MYTH WHEREVER IT APPEARS.

• ROB BOSTON