WHAT DO YOU THINK?

The thesis presented in "Discipling the Nations" is clearly controversial. It stands in clear opposition to the interpretation of our founding era presented by such popular Christian authors as John Eidsmoe, Peter Marshall, David Barton (WallBuilders) and D. J. Kennedy. This bulletin board is provided as a forum in which visitors may enter into debate on any topic relevant to the national covenant with God. The format is stream-of-consciousness. Feel free to comment, to question, to prognosticate or to respond to any of the foregoing. The types of questions you may want to debate include:

Were George Washington and the other founders of the United States of America operating from a Christian worldview?

Were the founders of the American Republic most heavily influenced by: Greco-Roman paganism, social compact theory, Christianity, the British Commonwealth men, economic determinism, or something else?

Which is most apt to lead to tyranny in a nation: 1) political pluralism, or 2) the implementation of Biblical law?

Is Old Testament law binding on modern civil governments?

Is Natural Law the same thing as Biblical law?

What does Article VI of the U.S. Constitution really mean: No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States? Does it forbid an oath to enforce Biblical law or is it simply a prohibition against any of the colonial religious establishments becoming dominant at the national level?

Does a religious test oath for public office lead to tyranny or is it the only sure safeguard against tyranny?

Does the social contract differ from a national covenant with God?

Does the Great Commission include transforming the nations as political entities, or is it simply referring to the evangelization of people groups throughout the world?

How should we then live?

Rules of Debate

There is only one rule: "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you."