Norwiegan killer not a Christian!

A survey of Ander Berhing Beivik's manifesto reveals he is not a "Fundamental Christian" after all. He believes that everyone in a Protestant church should go back to the Catholic church to provide a unified front to Islam. Definitely not a Fundamentalist!!!!

Separation of Church and State

A friend of mine sent out an open letter about the separation of church and state. This is my reply:

Most of the problem with the doctrine of the "separation of church and state" is that so many don't have a clue as to what the doctrine actually is.

After reading this letter I went to my library and opened a book titled, Martyrs Mirror. It was written in 1660 and is account of Christian martyrs from the early church to the middle of the 17th century. The most interesting parts to me deal with the 16th and 17th century Anabaptists who were martyred in countries that were part of the reformation just like they were but they could not join the national churches because the national church's doctrine of infant baptism violated their own belief in believers baptism. As a result they were persecuted and martyred. Similar things happened in this nation before and AFTER the revolution. States like Massachusetts and Virginia required residents to be members of the state church. Those who were not members were persecuted and prosecuted.

The First Amendment and the "separation of church and state" was meant was to protect citizens and visitors from those requirements and their penalties. This doctrine was never envisioned by our founding fathers to keep Christians and our moral beliefs out of the public arena or out of our laws. As a matter of fact, the founding fathers were depending on actively involved Christians to keep the country on the right path.

If the separation of church and state is a problem then it's because some are using it as an excuse for being slothful when it comes to involvement in their communities.