This is a class project for HUM422 Christianity and America. The presentation details an analogy for the relationship between Christianity and America.
5. VOCABULARY
• DENSITY - DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY MEASURED BY THE QUANTITY OF MASS PER
UNIT VOLUME.
• IMMISCIBLE - (OF LIQUIDS) NOT FORMING A HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE WHEN
ADDED TOGETHER.
• COMPATIBLE - (OF TWO THINGS) ABLE TO EXIST OR OCCUR TOGETHER
WITHOUT CONFLICT.
6. DESCRIPTION
• AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO,
ALTHOUGH THE WATER AND OIL HAS
BEEN SHAKEN, THE OIL ALWAYS
FINDS IT WAY BACK TO ITSELF. THE
WATER REMAINS IN ITS PLACE. MORE
DENSE, YET REMAINS VERY CLEAR.
ILLUSTRATION
7. BENEFITS OF WATER
• DRINKING WATER HELPS MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF BODY FLUIDS.
• CHRISTIANITY HELPS BALANCE THE EVIL IN AMERICA.
• WATER CAN HELP CONTROL CALORIES.
• CHRISTIANITY CAN HELP
• WATER HELPS ENERGIZE MUSCLES.
•WATER HELPS YOUR KIDNEYS.
• WATER HELPS KEEP SKIN LOOKING GOOD.
HTTP://WWW.WEBMD.COM/DIET/6-REASONS-TO-DRINK-WATER?PAGE=3
8. USES FOR OIL
• OIL IS USED IN MANY PRODUCTS TO PROVIDE SHEEN.
• OIL IS USED IN MANY RECIPES, A WELL KNOWN INGREDIENT FOR PREPARING
FOOD.
• OIL IS USED IN EVERYDAY TRANSPORTATION.
• HTTP://WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM/24752-SURPRISING-OIL-USES.HTML
9. OIL & WATER
• WATER AND OIL CAN NOT SHARE THE SAME SPACE.
• OIL MOLECULES WOULD LOVE TO MIX WITH WATER.
• WATER TENDS TO DEFEND ANYTHING ATTEMPTING TO OVERRIDE IT'S SPACE.
• OIL IS TOO HEAVY & TAKES UP TOO MUCH SPACE. THEREFORE, WATER PUSHES
IT BACK TO THE OTHER OIL MOLECULES TO REGAIN ITS DOMINANCE.
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=H5YIJXDITGO
10. EXAMPLES OF FAILURE TO "MIX" WITH
AMERICA
• IF A CHRISTIAN NATION HAD BEEN THE INTENT OF THE FOUNDERS, THEY
WOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THE CONSTITUTION, FRONT AND CENTER. YET THE
TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION CONTAINS NO REFERENCES TO GOD, JESUS
CHRIST, OR CHRISTIANITY. THAT DOCUMENT DOES NOT STATE THAT OUR
COUNTRY IS AN OFFICIALLY CHRISTIAN NATION.
(HTTP://WWW.ALTERNET.ORG/STORY/155985/5_REASONS_AMERICA_IS_NOT_--_AND_HAS_NEVER_BEEN_--_A_CHRISTIAN_NATION)
• WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT AMERICA WAS A CHRISTIAN NATION OVER THE YEARS. IF AMERICA WAS A
CHRISTIAN NATION, WE'D HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GETTING SOME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T
SUPPORT THE LGBTH AGENDA.
11. EXAMPLES OF FAILURE TO "MIX" WITH
AMERICA
• KEY FOUNDERS SUCH AS JAMES MADISON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON
OPPOSED MIXING CHURCH AND STATE. THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE
SUPPORTED AN OFFICIALLY CHRISTIAN NATION.
• JEFFERSON AND MADISON CAME TO THIS OPPOSITION IN TWO WAYS. FIRST,
THEY WERE WELL-VERSED IN HISTORY AND UNDERSTOOD HOW THE
OFFICIALLY CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE HAD CRUSHED HUMAN
FREEDOM. MOREOVER, THEY KNEW ABOUT THE CONSTANT RELIGIOUS WARS
AMONG RIVAL FACTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY.
• HTTP://WWW.ALTERNET.ORG/STORY/155985/5_REASONS_AMERICA_IS_NOT_--_AND_HAS_NEVER_BEEN_--_A_CHRISTIAN_NATION
12. EXAMPLES OF FAILURE TO "MIX" WITH
AMERICA
• IF AMERICA BECAME A CHRISTIAN NATION, THEN IT WOULD RULE OUT
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
• JESUS DIED THAT WE MAY BE FREE, HOWEVER WE ARE CALLED FOREIGNERS
THAT ARE PASSING THROUGH A STRANGE LAND.
• AMERICA HAS BECOME OPPRESSIVE TO CHRISTIANS IN AN ATTEMPT TO
FORCE US INTO ACCEPTANCE OF IT'S MANY HEREDITICAL PRACTICES.
• EXAMPLE:
• SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE BEING FORCED TO SERVICE GAY COUPLES
FOR WEDDINGS. IF THEY REFUSE, THEY ARE THREATENED WITH A LAW SUITS.
NO MIXTURE, NO COMPROMISE!
13. AMERICA: AN ENEMY TO CHRISTIANITY
• AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN A CHRISTIAN NATION.
• THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH OUR COUNTRY STANDS IS FAULTY.
• AMERICA ATTEMPTS TO DICTATE WHAT CHRISTIANITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND
HOW IT SHOULD BE EVOLVING.
• WE HAVE GIVEN OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY OVER TO PRESIDENTS THAT WOULD
RATHER WE SELL OUT.
• AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO HAVE MORE POWER THEN CHRISTIANITY
14. METAPHORS
• OIL LIKES TO MIX, BUT BECAUSE OF IT'S A THICK SUBSTANCE, IT DOMINATES. WATER WILL NOT
ALLOW ANYTHING TO DOMINATE IT'S SPACE.
• - CHRISTIANITY IS THE SAME WAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONENESS AND PEACE, BUT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, WOULD NOT BE SATISFIED WITH
ONENESS AND PEACE, IT WANTS RULERSHIP & LOOKS TO MAKE CHRISTIANS MINIMIZE THEIR BELIEFS
FOR THE SAKE OF OTHER RELIGIONS.
• EXAMPLE:
• THERE WAS A TENNESSE CHURCH THAT WAS PROVIDING SPACE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS. THE BOY
SCOUTS DECIDES TO CHANGE ITS LAWS TO ACOMODATE EVERYONE, INCLUDING HOMOSEXUALS AS
THEIR LEADERS. THE CHURCH CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR THE GROUP.
• (HTTP://WWW.CHRISTIANPOST.COM/NEWS/CHURCH-BOOTS-BOY-SCOUTS-OPENLY-GAY-LEADERS-
POLICY-CONFLICTS-WITH-CHRISTIAN-MORALS-147765/)
15. METAPHORS
• TO MIX LIQUIDS, YOU ACTUALLY NEED BOTH LIQUIDS TO AGREE.
• - AMERICA & CHRISTIANITY COULD NEVER AGREE BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY'S GOAL IS TO UPLIFT
THE BIBLICAL GUIDELINES AND TO PROTECT THE WAYS OF GOD. WHILE, OUR COUNTRY IS
CONCERNED ABOUT EQUALITY WITH ALL MANKIND AND ALL RELIGIONS EVERYWHERE.
• EXAMPLE:
• THERE WAS A MONUMENT ERECTED OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON A GOVERNMENT
BUILDING. CHRISTIANS WANTED THE MONUMENT TO REMAIN, WHILE OTHERS WANTED IT TO
GO. IN STUDYING THIS, THE REASONING BEHIND WHY THEY WANTED THE MONUMENT TO
STAY HAD BECOME DILUTED. LET GOD BE GOD AND AMERICA BE AMERICA. HE'S IS STILL THE
GOD OF ALL, ALTHOUGH MIXTURE COULD NEVER BE TOLERATED.
• ( HTTP://WWW.CNSNEWS.COM/BLOG/SAM-DORMAN/10-COMMANDMENTS-MONUMENT-REMOVED-OVERNIGHT-OKLAHOMA-STATE-CAPITOL)
17. CLOSING
• THAT THE CHRISTIAN-NATION MYTH HAS MANY SUPPORTERS AMONG THE
RELIGIOUS RIGHT DOESN’T MEAN IT HAS VALIDITY. IT IS, IN FACT, A FORM OF
“HISTORICAL CREATIONISM” THAT MAINSTREAM SCHOLARS HAVE REPEATEDLY
SHOWN TO BE FALLACIOUS. BUT, LIKE “SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM,” THE
CHRISTIAN-NATION MYTH STILL HAS GREAT POWER AND WIDE ACCEPTANCE.
HUMANISTS MUST CONFRONT—AND DEBUNK—THE MYTH WHEREVER IT
APPEARS.
• ROB BOSTON
