Uncle Dale Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Suppose that the Christian Dominionists got their wish,and by some totally strange and unexpected set ofevents The USA became a truly "Christian" country --Constitution and laws adjusted to establish a taxationsupported State Church -- cross over the White House --mandatory prayer in public schools etc. If that new State Church could not be the LDS, thenWHICH sect do you suppose you could live under,(and not be seeking citizenship in some other country)? After some consideration given the thought, I supposeI could go along OK with my life under Calvinist dominion --Presbyterian -- Congregational -- United Church of Christ. At least they have a known track record in old New Englandand in the Kirk of Scotland. We'd know what we were getting. Most dreaded possibility -- some off-the-wall Aryan Nationset of fanatics with a racist agenda and a bogus explanationof past history. These guys... UD Edited February 19, 2015 by Uncle Dale
Hamba Tuhan Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) The Amish. Ditto. Or maybe the Mennonites. Edited February 19, 2015 by Hamba Tuhan
Uncle Dale Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 Ditto. Or maybe the Mennonites. Problem is -- groups like that would obviously optfor the General Sherman response... UD"If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve."
Hamba Tuhan Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Problem is -- groups like that would obviously optfor the General Sherman response... "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve." All the better. Though maybe I should point out that I don't live in the US ... Edited February 19, 2015 by Hamba Tuhan 1
The Nehor Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Problem is -- groups like that would obviously optfor the General Sherman response... UD"If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve." That is exactly why I want them in charge. Immediate abdication. I don't trust an apostle who wants the office. I honor that they accept it as a duty from God and fulfill it as best they can but coveting power is a bad thing. One of the things I dislike about democracy is it gives power to people who crave it.
VideoGameJunkie Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 The religion that meditates and believes in peace. I think zen.
Uncle Dale Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 ... I don't trust an apostle who wants the office... "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged." -- Cardinal Richelieu -- Give that priest the Regency of France!(But don't let him know there's an America) UD
The Nehor Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged." -- Cardinal Richelieu -- Give that priest the Regency of France!(But don't let him know there's an America) UDd'Artagnan and his friends should be able to handle him.
thesometimesaint Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I'd move to New Zealand, and be an ex-pat. If Pahoran would have me.
Uncle Dale Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 I'd move to New Zealand, and be an ex-pat. If Pahoran would have me. No doubt he'd complain that your move would lower thevirtue of both nations... Was it Pahoran who chopped down the tree on One Tree Hill,or was it George Washington, with his little hatchet? I always get those two confused in my mind. UD
KevinG Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 The Unitarians. They seem open minded enough to let me keep my Book of Mormon.
Uncle Dale Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) The Unitarians. They seem open minded enough to let me keep my Book of Mormon. The trouble there, is that despite their origins in Congregationalism,today's Unitarian churches contain very few professing Christians. Probably not enough of them to raise that much-desired goldencross atop the Washington White House. No -- it would take a large, strong-willed, like-minded bunch oflatter day patriots to get Christianity established as the StateReligion, no matter the difficulties. Probably it would take a sect which was born and nurtured inAmerica -- one prepared to meet Christ in a Second Comingset in the skies over the USA. (odd... I only see white faces): Maybe the Second Adventists would be a better choice thanthe Old World Church of Scotland presbytery. UD Edited February 19, 2015 by Uncle Dale
thesometimesaint Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 No doubt he'd complain that your move would lower thevirtue of both nations... Was it Pahoran who chopped down the tree on One Tree Hill,or was it George Washington, with his little hatchet? I always get those two confused in my mind. UD Different trees. From what we know of the apocryphal hatchet story the tree didn't survive. The chain saw one amazingly did. Just goes to show New Zealand trees are tougher.
KevinG Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I failed the question, but then I'm a very poor dominionist. My ancestors rode over here in 1620 in order to get away from that crap.
Uncle Dale Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 I failed the question, but then I'm a very poor dominionist. My ancestors rode over here in 1620 in order to get away from that crap. Unfortunately they did not think much about separatingchurch and state. The Plymouth Pilgrims were a mild set,though, in comparison with their more domineeringPuritan brethren. Not sure that the Pilgrims would haveburned witches at Salem (although they would have seennothing wrong in having the civil courts uphold canon law). UD
KevinG Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Unfortunately they did not think much about separatingchurch and state. The Plymouth Pilgrims were a mild set,though, in comparison with their more domineeringPuritan brethren. Not sure that the Pilgrims would haveburned witches at Salem (although they would have seennothing wrong in having the civil courts uphold canon law). UDCommunity standards are pretty easy to define when the whole nation fits on a few boats. The natives in the background wondering what the heck these white people are doing with their abandoned villages notwithstanding.
Ahab Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I suppose any of the Christian sects would be okay with me as long as I didn't have to wear a robe while preaching from a pulpit, and as long as I could still be LDS.
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