<![CDATA[Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation.]]>Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian.

Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6eeb8eda-99f1-457e-8397-df57ab83257e/forgive-me-for-sounding-like-a-broken-record-but-we-are-not-a-christian-nation.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 17:57:14 GMTSun, 17 May 2026 19:08:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 13:39:34 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

And "Christianity" is not a monolith, rather it has many - sometimes hostile - factions.

In fact, it's because of intra-Christian rivalries that America was explicitly founded without a religion.

(And yes, the colonies had other, non-Christian residents and *still* didn't even define a broad Christian mandate)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116595856174328619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116595856174328619Mon, 18 May 2026 13:39:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 06:02:00 GMT]]>@Strandjunker and if someone needs the rules from the bible to be a decent human being: please keep reading.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrauZeitlos/statuses/116594056896247678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrauZeitlos/statuses/116594056896247678Mon, 18 May 2026 06:02:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 05:09:19 GMT]]>@Strandjunker You’re free to be a Christian, or anything else. Or none of the above.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MessagingMatters/statuses/116593849759406618https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MessagingMatters/statuses/116593849759406618Mon, 18 May 2026 05:09:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 04:39:15 GMT]]>@kaito02 @Strandjunker yeah while i was reading the post i was like "huh this definitely applies to my country" then i reread it to realise no specific nation was even mentioned (none in their bio either)
perhaps they meant it in a more general sense? referring to society in general

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/116531753734827748/statuses/116593731543124277https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/116531753734827748/statuses/116593731543124277Mon, 18 May 2026 04:39:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 04:27:20 GMT]]>@Strandjunker "we"?

Your country isn't the only country in the world.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kaito02/statuses/116593684707939236https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kaito02/statuses/116593684707939236Mon, 18 May 2026 04:27:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 03:48:18 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Jesus Christ is love and love sets you free. ♥️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/FurryAges/statuses/116593531161671004https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/FurryAges/statuses/116593531161671004Mon, 18 May 2026 03:48:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 02:55:51 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Christian here (ELCA Lutheran, FWIW) and I wholeheartedly agree with you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jawns.club/users/stumblewyk/statuses/116593324966058480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jawns.club/users/stumblewyk/statuses/116593324966058480Mon, 18 May 2026 02:55:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 02:52:58 GMT]]>@Strandjunker I know this is probably an Iranian bot account, WIRED reported on you previously. Still, it's good you're giving Americans something to believe in.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RebelGeek99/statuses/116593313636557629https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RebelGeek99/statuses/116593313636557629Mon, 18 May 2026 02:52:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 02:05:10 GMT]]>@Strandjunker I don’t mind christianity, but something has me worried about some of its followers.
In the few occasions I have discussed religion with a christian and I inform them that I’m an atheist, this question has popped up, in one way or another, multiple times:

“If you don’t believe in heaven and hell, what’s keeping you from [insert violent crime here]?

Yeah, you should hang on to your religion and never question it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116149343003064784/statuses/116593125622369116https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116149343003064784/statuses/116593125622369116Mon, 18 May 2026 02:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 02:02:27 GMT]]>@Lyle @Strandjunker it really is one of the best jokes ever. I have repeatedly & without shame stolen it to make his point. I credit Emo

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/42DZS/statuses/116593114993093226https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/42DZS/statuses/116593114993093226Mon, 18 May 2026 02:02:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 01:28:10 GMT]]>@Strandjunker The extreme right has some distorted belief that they are responsible for the actions of others (their brand of morality imposed on others)...until they are asked to help support those who cannot support themselves.

At that point they completely reverse their position and say others have to pull their weight especially those who have no arms or legs to pull anything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/apples_and_pears/statuses/116592980161230085https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/apples_and_pears/statuses/116592980161230085Mon, 18 May 2026 01:28:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 01:25:45 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

"Trump loathes Christians and mocks their faith, but pretends to believe if it suits his purposes."

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What he really thinks: Trump mocks Christians, calls them "fools" and "schmucks" - Salon.com

Cohen says "profoundly immoral" Trump labels Christianity "bulls**t" and is consumed by a "lust for wealth"

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Salon.com (www.salon.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/boksy/statuses/116592970664731023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/boksy/statuses/116592970664731023Mon, 18 May 2026 01:25:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 01:17:48 GMT]]>@Strandjunker My daughter‘s mother-in-law is a Trumper and she went to the beach with us today and they mentioned it. I told them I believe in the separation of church and state and would never participate in this type of sinister event.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116592939371473008https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116592939371473008Mon, 18 May 2026 01:17:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 01:16:55 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Emo Philips has a long joke I don’t have the space to recite here but the general idea is that religion is schismatic and we get violent about it. Forcing the government to get violent about enforcing the religious schism of the minute is a well tested bad idea. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/29/comedy.religion

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cville.online/users/Lyle/statuses/116592935954838276https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cville.online/users/Lyle/statuses/116592935954838276Mon, 18 May 2026 01:16:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Mon, 18 May 2026 00:43:57 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Trump es cristiano Hitler era cristiano, Pinochet era cristiano.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115436245399580449/statuses/116592806311878640https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115436245399580449/statuses/116592806311878640Mon, 18 May 2026 00:43:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 23:34:19 GMT]]>@Strandjunker
Makes me wanna move me and my little girl to Costa Rica or something…. and leave this ɐɔᴉɹǝɯ∀ crap behind. It’s a cancer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/el_coyote/statuses/116592532483859657https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/el_coyote/statuses/116592532483859657Sun, 17 May 2026 23:34:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 23:33:49 GMT]]>@Strandjunker @mastodonmigration Religion shouldn't identify a nation. It's a personal, intimate choice. That said, we must be aware that there are some values which should be universal, compatible with every religion. Peace, justice, human rights. However we know that religions often want to control our primal activities (sex and food) as it's the only way they can control entire populations.
On food we have some reasons - christian or muslim period where the observants shouldn't eat. It's to save food resources, originally in poor countries maybe. Until spring brings fresh fruits/seeds etc. Indians don't eat cows because they're good for milk... But unfortunately these rules have conditioned people for centuries.
That said, in my country we have our prime minister Giorgia Meloni whose motto is "I'm Giorgia, I'm a woman, I'm Italian, I'm a mother, I'm Christian".
Well, to quote you: you're free to be christian but you talk for yourself!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://poliversity.it/users/elettrona/statuses/116592530551698501https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://poliversity.it/users/elettrona/statuses/116592530551698501Sun, 17 May 2026 23:33:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 23:27:52 GMT]]>@Strandjunker "This is a Christian nation!" cry all the assholes who don't really know what that means and just use the statement as a club against anyone whose opinion they don't like.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chirp.enworld.org/users/Longspeak/statuses/116592507130486558https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chirp.enworld.org/users/Longspeak/statuses/116592507130486558Sun, 17 May 2026 23:27:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 22:51:46 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Lordy I love the way you phrased that!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116592365200765256https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116592365200765256Sun, 17 May 2026 22:51:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 22:47:31 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

Keep that shit in your hat.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116592348485884636https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116592348485884636Sun, 17 May 2026 22:47:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 22:44:08 GMT]]>@Strandjunker

100%!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/ginaintheburg/statuses/116592335138803638https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/ginaintheburg/statuses/116592335138803638Sun, 17 May 2026 22:44:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 22:17:09 GMT]]>@Strandjunker Concur.

I've seen posted before: We're also a nation full of assholes, so does that make us an asshole nation?

(Actually, with in charge, don't answer that 🙄)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/TheNovemberMan/statuses/116592229058641543https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/TheNovemberMan/statuses/116592229058641543Sun, 17 May 2026 22:17:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 20:46:11 GMT]]>@Strandjunker
Christians who flaunt Christianity while insisting we are a Christian nation often prove to be the very evidence we are not.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116591127613582546/statuses/116591871350688482https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116591127613582546/statuses/116591871350688482Sun, 17 May 2026 20:46:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. on Sun, 17 May 2026 20:46:09 GMT]]>@Strandjunker all followers of Christianity that I know, the real ones regardless of denomination, would completely agree with this too. Anyone who wouldn’t agree with this statement are the ones to watch out for.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/BurritoSommelier/statuses/116591871248932208https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/BurritoSommelier/statuses/116591871248932208Sun, 17 May 2026 20:46:09 GMT