re: Do You Agree With This Message From Franklin Graham?

The rare occasion Oweo gets this many upvotes

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And I will make you a great nation,

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I might be misunderstanding but are you saying the bible was referring to the US?

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And that is because our forefathers gave us a foundation based on God and His Word. The biggest threat to our country’s future is that we turn our back on God and have His hand of blessing removed.

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Our forefathers gave us a foundation based on separation of church and state.

This country began because of people who saw first-hand the dangers of letting religion run your government.

What OP quoted is pure ignorance and shows a lack of fundamental understanding of the history of this country. Whoever wrote that is misguided

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In one of Billy Grahams sermons he said something along the lines of, if the US political system is based on Gods kingdom then we're in trouble.

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Queen Elizabeth was a big fan of Billy Graham. At least according to the Crown.

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Whoever wrote that is misguided

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Franklin Graham isn't "misguided" so much as "choosing to be evil."

American Evangelicals really need to drop the whole "OMG we're so persecuted and it will be illegal to go to church any day now" shtick, but it's become such a central aspect of their entire worldview that it will probably never happen in our lifetime.

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You really think whether a country is Protestant or not has significant bearing on their economic success?

African and Latin American countries in general don’t do well but that’s for plenty of other reasons.

Most of these European countries that are technically (because a lot of them don’t actually practice the religion but still identify as such) still Protestant having been seeing declines in religious numbers. Then you have a country like Japan or South Korea that are certainly not even Christian.

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Yes I am saying that countries that still practice animism, Hinduism or Islam are going to be disadvantaged relative to neighboring nations that are majority Christian. Catholicism is a mixed bag because in some cultures (think South America) it is closer to animism than Protestantism.

In a global marketplace, embracing a Protestant worldview of hard work and Biblical morality is an asset. Protestants are relative to other religions very tolerant of competing religions. The West takes it for granted that you are able to dissent from the majority religion without a cost or legal punishment. That isn’t the case in most Muslim, Buddhist or Hindu majority nations.

Guess which nation is projected to have the largest population of Christians in the world in the next 15 years? ... that would be China.

The post Christian European nations benefit from the legal and property rights and human liberties that were built during the Reformation in Europe.

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American Evangelicals really need to drop the whole "OMG we're so persecuted and it will be illegal to go to church any day now" shtick, but it's become such a central aspect of their entire worldview that it will probably never happen in our lifetime.

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How long do you think it will be until Christians are targeted for holding core mainstream Biblical beliefs?

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How long do you think it will be until Christians are targeted for holding core mainstream Biblical beliefs?

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"Targeted" in what way? In the United States?

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I am not 100% sure, but this seems wrong. China doesn't accept religion. Those who are Christian practices it sort of "underground". China being the power that it is has nothing to do with religion because.. The government doesn't allow it..

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Chinese citizens and the government are two different things. The Chinese government has persecuted Christianity to varying degrees over the past 50 years and is continuing to do it today... to no avail.

A Christianized China is good for their people and good for our nation from a peace and prosperity standpoint... but who knows how it turns out.

What about Muslims who actually live a "normal" life. What I am saying is, there are Muslims who are regular everyday people, who have jobs, family, etc. There are wealthy Muslim nations (Dubai to name one). How does this fit into the equation?