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Because truth be told, if America actually were to become a Christian  nation, I don’t think the people who advocated for it would be too happy  with the end product. Since Christian is supposed to mean  “little Christ” or “Christ follower,” we actually have a way to offer  some clear cut examples of what a Christian nation would look like–  because all we have to do is look at what Jesus taught, and how Jesus  lived, as a model to pattern national behavior.

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Oh look... proof-texting, and oh look, trying to shoehorn a 2000 year old dead guy into a modern political context.  
Every time I hear "Jesus was a Republican!" or "Jesus was a Socialist!" I just giggle.
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Oh look... proof-texting, and oh look, trying to shoehorn a 2000 year old dead guy into a modern political context.  
Every time I hear "Jesus was a Republican!" or "Jesus was a Socialist!" I just giggle.

True. However, much of what Jesus is recorded as saying and doing does not match up very well with what those who want the USA to be a Christian nation want that nation to look like.
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Truth be told I rather like the sound of a "Christian nation" the way this gentleman describes it. I'm not sure how it would directly affect my fellow US pagans and me personally, but free healthcare* and unconditional love? Count me in.

*Obama is actually on the right track with this. I've got free healthcare through CT, and I love it.
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I just love this paragraph.

" each time I hear that phrase I have an inner Princess Bride moment where I say to myself, “you keep using that word, but it doesn’t mean what you think it means.”"

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