Fairview Baptist Church
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"Why the Koran cannot be used for the
Oath
of Public Office in America"
Why must the Bible
be the only book of authority in America? Our citizens have forgotten their
history. America is not a democracy, but a Constitutional Republic. The
Declaration of Independence was our chief governing document and we mark the
birth of our country from the day of its signing. The Constitution was
added, “In order to form a more perfect
Union.” In the Declaration of Independence, our founders clearly stated
their beliefs. God gives rights to man and the government’s role is to
protect those God given rights. Those rights are enumerated in the “laws of
nature and nature’s God.” According to Book One, Section Two of Blackstone’s
Commentaries on Law (which was THE AUTHORITY on English Law for several
hundred years and where this phrase comes from) the “laws of nature and
nature’s God” mean the laws of God for his creation as is revealed in the
Holy Scriptures (the Bible).
In our representative government, officials aren’t necessarily elected to do
their own will or the will of their constituents – they first swear to
uphold the Constitution. It is for that reason that President George
Washington first chose to take his oath of office with his hand resting on
the Holy Bible – and that is still the custom to this day.
The French Statesman, Alexis de Tocqueville, came to America in the 1830’s,
trying to learn why America’s government worked and France’s did not. One
unique observation was this: “The Americans combine the notions of
Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is
impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.”
Pulpit Freedom Position Paper
by Paul
Blair, Pastor,
Fairview Baptist Church
WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH PASTOR BLAIR HERE
Since the passage of the 1954
“Johnson Amendment” restricting the free speech of churches, questions and
doubts have risen among the hearts and minds of pastors. They have been
told not to tackle tough topics that could be deemed political or
politically incorrect. As pastors decided not to stand up to attacks on
morality in America, we saw prayer and Bible reading taken out of public
education within 10 years of the tax rule’s passage. Within another five
years, the sexual revolution was in full force. Within another five
years, some solution had to be made for all the unwanted children, and
Roe v. Wade came into effect. By 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that
the Ten Commandments could not be posted in schools, apparently afraid
that our children might be adversely affected by such commands as do not
steal, do not kill and respect your parents. Now we have metal detectors
and police stationed in every school.
(READ ENTIRE PAPER HERE)