The influence of Christianity on that document was already seen by those in England when a Parliamentarian named Horace Walpole stands up and says, “Well, that’s the end of it. The result is this providential intervention of God in the winning of our American Independence under the Declaration of Independence. Here’s what I begin to see, not that every founding father was a Christian, but the Christian world and life view and the founding fathers that were Christians greatly affected the non-Christians, even the deists, even the lukewarm deists like a Thomas Jefferson and a Benjamin Franklin, who kept kind of coming in and out of the influence of Christianity through preachers like George Whitfield and his own pastor there in Philadelphia.Īnd the result is, as Os Guinness has noted and we have noted, this extraordinary Declaration of Independence with these four references to God in the content as the source of our inalienable rights and that, in true submission to true authority, you must resist tyrannical authority, not only as a right but as a responsibility. WHY IS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SO PROMINENT IN THE CONSTITUTION? I’ll never forget how he would show up to class passionate about his subject which was, in the ninth grade, the requirement in a class on civics and the civic foundations of this country and it utterly fascinated me. My father and mother had a very incorrigible son - that son was me.Įven in the midst of my self-absorbed rebellion against God, I had a teacher named - I still remember him - Robert Woodburn. Let’s go to school with me in the ninth grade. Tom, now let me just back up just for a moment. Here, again, we see another tether between freedom of religion and freedom of speech. And, by the way, that’ll just cost you your degree that you’ve been laboring on. REEDER: Here’s a guy in Christianity 481, a Religion major, who speaks up for the Christian world and life view that God’s actually made two sexes, male and female, is now silenced and booted out of class and told, “If you say that again, you can’t stay in the class. TOM LAMPRECHT: Christianity 481: Self, Sin and Salvation.ĭR. REEDER: And, amazingly, what was the class name, Tom? He was booted out of this class for making that statement.ĭR. Lake Ingle, a senior there, basically challenged the professor, Alison Downie, and questioned her concerning the fact that he says, “Biology says there’s only two genders.” He was a Religion major - he needs this class to graduate. TOM LAMPRECHT: It took place at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. When the professor was confronted with a simple statement of the student, freedom of speech became an issue then. In a class on Christianity, there was an attempt to promote a transgender ideology in opposition to a Biblical world and life view of gender. REEDER: Tom, there’s a very interesting case here in the United States on one of our campuses. This is a freedom of speech situation.”ĭR. This is not just a freedom of religion situation. TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, a number of pundits have said, concerning the California Supreme Court case where pro-life centers have been asked by the State of California to promote state-funded abortions, “You better be careful. KICKED OUT OF CHRISTIANITY CLASS FOR DEFENDING CHRISTIAN IDEALS?
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