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From: "I. S. Alalouf" <alalouf.serge@uqam.ca>
Subject: Re: Christian Nation?
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 21:19:37 GMT
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jwn3u@Virginia.EDU (John William Nelson, III) wrote:
>
> David E. Weldon, Ph.D.  writes:
> > At that time the two primary views of God were the Diest and Theist views. 
> > The vast majority of the Continental Congress who signed the
> > Declaration... [isn't Deist the proper spelling?]
> >
> > In addition, there were other critical figures in the American Revolution who
> > deserve mention.  These were George Washington, (who, with his grace and
> > humility, prevented his army from overthrowing congress and setting himself up
> > as King), Johnathon Edwards (who made the theological case for the rebellion
> > since a lot of the New Testament argues for submitting to authority,
> > regardless of its tyrrany), and John Witherspoon (who made the case for
> > Christian activism and served in the Continental Congress).  All three of
> > these were, of course, devout Christians and Theists.
> 
> There cannot be a Christian nation until the Christians develop
> a system of law derived from their Scripture as Jewish law and
> Musliam shari`a are derived.  In the West, the basis is not
> scripture but rather Roman and German codes of law, Pagan
> systems!  Until Christians develop a workable system not primarily
> derived from non-Christian sources, there will never be
> anything even resembling a "Christian nation."
> 
> However, it would be interesting to see someone try to develop
> a system of law based on the New Testament.  I am not being
> sarcastic.  I really believe that it could be done, if it was
> done by conscientious legal experts with some knowledge of the
> Jewish and Islamic methods of derivation (Not that the
> Christian system should be based on the Jewish and Islamic, but
> that by studying these systems one can get a feel of how things
> can and cannot be done)
> 
> 	-J
The idea of basing a system of law on XYZ is misconceived.  Why should
a single document, especially one 2000 years old, be a suitable basis
for anything as important as a system of law for the 21st century?
ISA


