Did you know: 60% of Americans can't name either half the 10 commandments or the 4 gospels. A fellow blogger opened her post about biblical literacy by saying “I would venture to say more Christians have the lyrics to Beyonce’s Single Ladies memorized than they do Bible verses.” (thanks @modernreject (check her out at modernreject.com) I think I agree.
America is not at all a Christian nation. Not even a little. The first of the 10 commandments (the one I believe Jesus does the least amount of tampering with in his own answers to questions about laws and such) is simple. “You shall have no other gods before me.” I bring up the ten commandments because it is probably the most cited source of pre-American, biblical legislation by those who would disagree with my assessment of America’s Christian brand. It is, for them, a basis (one of many) from which our forefathers drew the constitution. The importance of "putting no other god before" God cannot be...
