My posts have been few even though this web site is in a middle of a controversy. My job requirements have taken priority though I have had time last week to attend some political events including last night’s Republican State Dinner in Sioux Falls. I will comment on that later this week as I am about to go out of state for a few days on business. I may have a moment or two to do those cut and paste jobs that thrill my critics.
Another issue that bothers my critics is my attempts to bring forward the worldview nature of what divides America today. So I will do a cut and paste from a Jonathan Falwell piece that uses the history of Thanksgiving to show the Biblical Christian worldview of America’s founding and also Abraham Lincoln, the President that Republicans are proud of:
In the Congressional Record for Sept. 25, 1789, Elias Boudinot issued a resolution stating: "Resolved, That a joint committee of both Houses be directed to wait upon the president of the United States to request that he would recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. …"
The resolution was delivered to President George Washington who wholly concurred with the request, declaring: "Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor … Now, therefore, I do appoint Thursday, the 26th day of November 1789 . . . that we may all unite to render unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection."
Days of Thanksgiving were celebrated on varying dates throughout the nation for the next several years. It was not until 1863, following the 30-year effort of Godey's Lady's Book editor Sarah Joseph Hale, that a National Day of Thanksgiving was declared.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared a National Day of Thanksgiving in hopes of bringing healing to a land that had suffered greatly in Civil War.
He set aside the last Thursday in November, declaring: "We often forget the Source from which the blessings of fruitful years and healthful skies come. … No human wisdom hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God. … I therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States … to observe the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens."
In 1941, Congress established the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday.
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to understand the Judeo-Christian history of our nation. Our forefathers were not uneasy about openly thanking God for His blessings or beseeching Him in times of trouble. Our nation is deeply rooted in Christianity and candid expressions of faith.
I urge readers across the nation to ensure that their children and grandchildren understand the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation. There are many who wish to ignore and/or rewrite our history as our nation further embraces secularism.
I am thankful for this nation and for the God of the Bible who shed His grace on us, beginning with the landing of the colonists at Plymouth Rock.
Since Falwell also points to secularism as a problem. I suppose Todd Epp and Pat Powers will put him out on the fringes as they have me. But for those of you who are not afraid of the truth, you need to wonder about the above American history lesson not being allowed in today’s public education agenda because of the secularist’s insistence of a two-way separation of church and state as they establish humanism as the godless religion of today’s government. It is just another way conservatives are told to "Shut up". Anti-free speech…Yes. Tolerant…No. Promoting diversity…No. Anti-American…it would be nice to have George Washington and Abraham Lincoln answer that.
