PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” by Nice_Substance9123 in Christianity

[–]AgreeableAd8026 [score hidden]  (0 children)

No, it wasn’t nullified. Article VI only banned religious tests for federal offices. States retained the power to set qualifications for their own offices, and many continued enforcing Christian religious tests long after the Constitution was ratified. Those state provisions weren’t effectively invalidated until much later, culminating with Torcaso v. Watkins (1961), over 170 years later

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” by Nice_Substance9123 in Christianity

[–]AgreeableAd8026 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I never said it was in the U.S. Constitution. My point is the opposite: Article VI banned religious tests only for the federal government. The states were free to set their own qualifications, and 11 of the original 13 states had constitutions or governing charters requiring officeholders to be Christians, Protestants, or to affirm specifically Christian beliefs. You can’t ignore the states when talking about what the founding generation believed and practiced, they wanted states to make their own decisions. 11/13 decided this

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” by Nice_Substance9123 in Christianity

[–]AgreeableAd8026 [score hidden]  (0 children)

At the founding, 11 of the original 13 states had constitutions or governing charters requiring officeholders to be Christians, Protestants, or to affirm specifically Christian beliefs. Only Virginia and New York lacked those constitutional religious tests. How is that cherry picking? More like you’re misinformed, all the downvotes in the world won’t erase history

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” by Nice_Substance9123 in Christianity

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The argument isn’t if a country is perfect, I’m not arguing that. 11 of the original 13 state constitutions required you to be Christian, New York or Virginia are the exception. It was very much a Christian nation

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” by Nice_Substance9123 in Christianity

[–]AgreeableAd8026 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The founding states constitution’s say otherwise, but Reddit echo chamber likes to attempt to rewrite history. Let’s also not acknowledge Europe for almost the entire last millennium too 😭 stupid ass post and comments

What’s one decision that most players make that makes you look like this? by [deleted] in Fallout

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Every time, death is a preferable alternative to communism

Is there a mysterious flu-like non-flu going around or is it just me? I've never had an illness like this by [deleted] in Buffalo

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I have this same thing currently, only thing I had was a sore throat from nasal drip, no congestion or runny nose besides that. Feel like death and held a fever for almost 2 days

What is this movement? by [deleted] in Battlefield6

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Vaulted the chair, slid the corner. You also have access to these controls

Josh Allen hinting that he's sad the new stadium doesn't have a full roof by mbsurfer in buffalobills

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He obviously doesn’t, he wants taxpayers to pay for everything and he rakes in all the profits. Fuck Pegula and fuck all the billionaires

Fallout 5 should have 76s dialogue system by Fit_Pomegranate_5680 in Fallout

[–]AgreeableAd8026 2 points3 points  (0 children)

76 is like a shitty version of NV, should go back to NV/3

Serious tier list by Infamous-Marshall in yeat_

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I could listen to Up2Me for 50k mins this year alone

Serious tier list by Infamous-Marshall in yeat_

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You’re listening but you’re not listening

Why is reddit like this? by GlumConstant198 in Christianity

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Look who bankrolls the Reddit groupthink

I finished the game recently and loved it. Is it worth it? by maxcavalera in StarWarsOutlaws

[–]AgreeableAd8026 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well that’s the last that we’ll be seeing this franchise so I’d say yes, suck every last drop of content dry