How many times have you heard that over the last few years? Talking heads on the news frequently say it. Anonymous posters on X say it multiple times every single day.
Let’s examine the validity of that statement.
The year is 1776 and a new Nation is born. And by and large it was to escape King George and the Church of England. Subsequently, after a few good guys with guns earn our Independence one thing becomes glaringly clear. It’s hard to get your hands on a Bible what with the country you are at war with is the place where they all come from.
Fast forward a year and our Continental Congress votes to earmark $300,000 to buy Bibles from other countries.
Imagine that. Do you think our Congress today would do that?
Also, don’t ever let any of those Best Selling Books lists convince you that some novel or Biographical book is the #1 book in sales in the country. Each and every year the Bible far surpasses any book on any Best Seller List.
Let’s Print Our Own
In 1781 a printer by the name of Robert Aitken asks for Congressional permission to print the King James Bible. Congress not only okays it, they endorse it.
Endorsement Statement In The Aitken Bible
“Whereupon, Resolved, That the United States in Congress assembled highly approve the pious and laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the interest of religion, as well as an instance of the progress of arts in this country, and being satisfied from the above report of his care and accuracy in the execution of the work, they recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States, and hereby authorize him to publish this Recommendation in the manner he shall think proper (Pears 1939, 234).”
Take that United States Judeo-Christian deniers.
Take everything you hear about God and the Bible and our country with a grain of salt. There are people who do not want you to hear the truth.
That’s it! Short post.