i didn't interrupt you don't interrupt me this is not a christian nation this nation isn't even remotely and surely their comments choice carlos really are what they're saying here surely your comments i bless you for for you for calling for repentance but the kind of repentance that we should be seeking is is repentance from from from warmaking i mean jesus said blessed are you that kerry says there are so you that scouts not kill we have no business over there in afghanistan we had no business over there in iraq but you're not going to fix any of this without obedience to the commandments of god don't say we're going to repair our i don't want to let him have to let us take our soldiers' funerals i don't know protesting procedures funerals or or burning the koran does any any good here i think that the repentance that you're calling is for those two to heed. the commandments of love that loving their neighbor doing it to others alone let it happen to a man it's of it i shall not kill and what about the whole not commit adultery and no fornication don't murder your baby why you agree wi

is no other way to go forward all those who do not embrace this eschatology this vision of a christian nation are to be ruthlessly shunted aside because they are agents of see. me sane. only four percent will be bible believing christians in your generation that means ninety six percent are living outside of the cover of their father the father in heaven and their living with the pigs they're surrounded by sin. you have real live pigs. in the park with you looks like you're having a good time doesn't it. with. god is waiting for us to turn and get out of the pig pen run as fast as we can away from it if you're ready to leave the pig pen say i'm outta here. i'm going to die to myself i'm going to take up the cross and follow me that's what i want to do. i want you to stand on your feet. one at a time and shout as loud as you can. one of the time jump to your feet wait for your moment one of the time and exclaim. and in doing that. and then proclaiming that you're putting to death. the old self. for. something or. changing this. just makes everything feel. just fixes everything. in. place. to s

. >> that's right, we're a multireligious nation but also a christian nation where 80% or so of the country are christians and they put jesus on the national agenda and then people of all different religions and without any at all respond to that figure. >> why did thomas jefferson become consumed with revising the bible by omitting a lot of it in his own text of the bible as you began your book with? >> well, presumably it's not because he didn't have anything else to do, i mean, he was a pretty busy guy in the white house but he ordered a couple books from england, a couple bibles and he sat there in the white house and he cut and pasted and took out the miracles and took out the rurrection. he believed jesus was a good guy, he believed he was one of the most important philosophers ever but he didt like christianity and he was able to separate out christianity from jesus, say no to christianity and say yes to yeast. >> how many of the colonists, what percentage were religiously affiliated or had had religious beliefs in some specific denomination? >> i'm not

at america's terra has given rise to wars religions and they to us triggering the rise of christian nationalism the second part of our special report is up next here on elsie. warfare mythology. for the advancement of religious ideology. is i feel highly inappropriate. because i think from a place where warfare is very very real and has very real consequences. being an officer from strategic air. means that we understood that a very bad day could result in a nuclear holocaust. that's a reality that we live with every day and when you do live with that reality every day and you take some small part of responsibility for that and for trying to make sure that that doesn't happen every day then you become. i would say rather put out with people who would trivialize these kinds of dire consequences for the world. in order to. a particular religious perspective. now from member station case. colorado and. thank you very much. people who brought up into the plains. the issues that we brought forward that there was the institutionalization. of evangelism at the academy that is to say that people were u

people use religion in order to get elected, because so many politicians believe that this is a christian nation and they believe they cannot get elected unless they are christian. that may be true. we will see a gay president before we see an atheist president. it would be stunning to me to have someone run for president and say, "i am an atheist, i don't believe in god, vote for me," and people would vote for them. i don't think that will happen did you cannot really keep religion out of politics. in washington, it is interesting, because washington has been a secular socially and politically, the city itself, for so long. when people go out of washington, they have to run with some religious -- they have to say "i believe in god, god bless america, my family and faith," they have to make some sort of declaration of their faith or they cannot get elected. there is a feeling in washington that that is something that they have to do out there in order to get here. often it is very hypocritical. a lot of the people -- i know people who run who don't believe and yet they have to. you cannot get el

. >> that's right, we're a multireligious nation but also a christian nation where 80% or so of the country are christians and they put jesus on the national agenda and then people of all different religions and without any at all respond to that figure. >> why did thomas jefferson become consumed with revising the bible by omitting a lot of it in his own text of the bible as you began your book with? >> well, presumably it's not because he didn't have anything else to do, i mean, he was a pretty busy guy in the white house but he ordered a couple books from england, a couple bibles and he sat there in the white house and he cut and pasted and took out the miracles and took out the resurrection. he believed jesus was a good guy, he believed he was one of the most important philosophers ever but he didn't like christianity and he was able to separate out christianity from jesus, say no to christianity and say yes to yeast. >> how many of the colonists, what percentage were religiously affiliated or had had religious beliefs in some specific denomination? >> i'm

a lot of people would argue right that this is a christian nation you don't think that christian principles that these early in the ten commandments into i want and that's looked at as ok certainly a lot of our laws are drawn from there but that's not the source when you go to court it doesn't matter if you can find it somewhere in the bible that's not what you rely on no one wants to bring religious law into courts that's what that's what this whole thing is a big nothing burger the promise keepers are a private organization christian organization and they have a christian arbitration clause for its members courts can't enforce private arbitration clauses private marital will go agreements wills and other types of private agreements as long as they don't violate public policy and the constitution everybody knows that why is there and the state of oklahoma said that we're not. this is not about his will they've even said the other things that's why they were so why is care coming in to challenge this if it was your home and already said we're not doing this because you're sick because the l

people use religion in order to get elected, because so many politicians believe that this is a christian nation and they believe they cannot get elected unless they are christian. that may be true. we will see a gay president before we see an atheist president. it would be stunning to me to have someone run for president and say, "i am an atheist, i don't believe in god, vote for me," and people would vote for them. i don't think that will happen did you cannot really keep religion out of politics. in washington, it is interesting, because washington has been a secular socially and politically, the city itself, for so long. when people go out of washington, they have to run with some religious -- they have to say "i believe in god, god bless america, my family and faith," they have to make some sort of declaration of their faith or they cannot get elected. there is a feeling in washington that that is something that they have to do out there in order to get here. often it is very hypocritical. a lot of the people -- i know people who run who don't believe and yet they have to. you cannot get el

. >> so, did bonhoeffer see any question or issue and the fact that germany as a christian nation wasth lutheran and catholic? >> well, that is too complicated for me to answer. bonhoeffer thought about this stuff a lot. i write, what little i know about that i write in the book but it is somewhat complicated and i won't try to answer that since i'm not a theologian or a student of the church. perhaps this is a tour or false question lurking there someplace.er there is a question here and then in the back.b >> did he have any actual interaction with the jews on their way to the concentration camps, with jews as they were being rounded up and as they were being persecuted in the streets?ut >> i am not sure. i didn't see any evidence of that in the way that you are s putting it but bonhoeffer, this is an important thing to say. because his family was such a deal, they had connections in high places and they knew what was going on, where your average german never would haveg had access to this information. f coors was a leading figure in the ministry of justice and madrona turbine milita

nations in the world. a place where christianitis out lawed and believers are put into labor camps simply for owning bible or attending a prayer meeting. recently, cbn news sat down with carl muller and spoke about the brutality prisoners face the camps. >> one day i hope the world understandwhat these camps are like. they are worse because of the extreme inhumanity of people than the camps at oush its. they are designed to work people to death. they are intentional in making people suffer. they have gone so far as to experiment people just like they did in nazi germany. these are not second hand accous. we have firsthand accounts of people that have witnessed these in the labor camps. i truly believe christians, our brothers and sisters in north korea are taking incredible risks for the sake of the gospel. new in they have hope, muller says god will bring freedom to their country and only win when christians across the globe join them in crying out to god for deliverance. >> i was with one of our co-workers. they pray their nation's freedom and believe god is using the prayers of his people arounthe worl

helpful to americans who believe, unfortunately, as the president does, that we have never been a christian nation. i won't debate whether we are or not now, we may very well this country was established under christian notions that allowed people the freedom to worship as they choose. because heaven help us if we had a constitution based on there'd be -- there wouldn't be a don't ask, don't tell, because that's a capital offense to commit a homosexual offense under sharia law so no need for don't ask, don't tell. no need for appeal under sharia law. apparently a capital offense if no room for christians to worship any way they choose. the only way to have all religions worship as they choose is to have a country based on christian tenets. we seem to be trying to get away from that. it seems to be eroding people's freedoms of religion, particularly christians. how ironic we seem to be coming that we can eliminate the freedom of worship, publicly, in the public square, which are the allowed us to have and become the greatest country on earth, in earth's history. so these words from franklin rooseve

we are told by our president that this is not a christian nation and i will not debate that. maybe we're not. but i know how the nation was founded. and i know enough history. and there are so many wonderful books. this is anher one by william federer, "americans, god and country" and i have read all the things that i'm about to enter into here in different areas as i studied history as a history major, but federaler -- federer has put these together to i will ume ate how we got started. going back to july of 1776, hopefully, most people in america would know july of 1776 is when the declaration of independence was signed. but in july of 1776, benjamin franklin was appointed part of a committee to draft a seal for the newly united states, which would characteri the spirit of the nation. now, this was not adopted, but this was benjamin franklin's proposal. he proposed -- and this is a quote, moses lifting up his wand and dividing the red sea and pharaoh in his char yot overwhelmed with the waters, with this motto, quote, rebelion to tyrants is obedience to god, unquote. that wa

christian and certainly not specifically new testament biblical. >> the founding fathers saw united states, america, as a secular nation? >> well -- >> you make this statement in the book, you said, "there was a treaty," that you cite in 1797, a key time, between the united states and tripoli. in that treaty the u.s. government says the government of the united states of america is not in any sense founded on the christian religion. there are also courses approved vision for the total separation

. >> in switzerland, you see the national flag with its middle- aged christian cross almost everywhere. here it is just across from the small new mosque. a forlorn wooden prop marks where the minaret was supposed to be until the ban. its axis, a triumph for the vote, a disparaging slide for muslims. >> you have heard the phrase "the tyranny of the majority"? >> no, yes. i know this concept of democracy, and i will fight it. >> believes that is disingenuous. she says the minaret ban is a provocation. >> but the far right will say that old-time islam's are ok. it is the conservatives they do not like. >> then i would say you'd better talk about the problems in a differentiated way and look for solutions, and solution will not come by fear. >> and banning minaret's? >> i could live without a minaret, but i think it is a discrimination. >> so you would want church steeples band as well? >> [laughter] . no. i think those are beautiful. they should be allowed. >> muslim organizations are starting a campaign to reverse the minaret then. those behind the ban say they have not got a hold. >> i'

know that there are people across america, including at the white house who say this is not a christian nation and i will continue not to debate that point, because maybe they're right. don't know. but i know the foundation of the country. i know how we got started. and so, we are coming back we're told next tuesday into session, perhaps for part of one day. i could not be sure that we would not have dwsh that -- that we would have actually have special orders during that one day we come back to deal with the christmas presents that the senate democrats want to convey to people. so i wanted to make sure this was in the record this year and so, mr. speaker, if i might ask, if i might inquire at this time, how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 17 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. franklin d. roosevelt, december 21, 1941, said these words, i won't read the whole thing, but he said, sincere and faithful men and women are asking themselves this christmas, how can we light our trees, how can we give our gifts, how can we meet and worship with love and upl

policy some sort of official policy chasing christians out of the holy land it's wrong the conflict itself between jewish nationalists. palestinian nationalism that is a big corporate ok alex i don't have big corporate i think alex would agree with him. to jump but i think i think the problem is that the christian see no economic future ok alex go ahead. i i agree with many of the things that david have mentioned but listen to the facts for example i am a christian i was born in jerusalem in one nine hundred forty six i left to study abroad i went to europe and the united states to study well when i came back to this country there's really government told me you are no more a citizen of this land so right now i live in jerusalem. with an american passport with a visa in an american passport i cannot live as a palestinian in my country because i am not covered with the law for return the law of return covers jewish people only so if you are a creation you leave the country to study or you leave the country to work you are in danger of losing their right to come back to your country and live here as it citizen now this is a policy this is not

the national cathedral was very important, it was at a prayer service. christian, muslim, jewish, religious leaders praying to heal the nation and more. they are religious as well. my speech is god is good. we can count on god and we're going to go find the enemy and bring justice. it may have been the most important speech of my presidency in some ways. after we flew up to ground zero. i describe it in the book like walking to hell. the soot was still in the air, slosh had threw water. i got down to the pit, it was a lot of blood lost. these people didn't know me as president. the firefighters and rescue workers that has been desperately trying to pull out their friends. i got up on top of the fire engine. i reviewed the film the other day. i was -- you know, we were here for you. we pray for you. we love you. and they don't -- the message that they wanted to hear was one i finally delivered. those that knock down the buildings, they'll hear from us. i finally went down there and went down -- drove down to the center on the way down the road, the road was lined w

we simply wanted to make a video that was a national movement to put videos up to say well, not all christians condemn you, there are people who accept you as you are want to celebrate your life it gets better hang in there and you will find perhaps people who can also affirm your lives and -- >> back in october, i think you also preached at that day. >> i did. >> remember the text? >> i do. >> pharisee. >> and publy can. >> yes. >> going into the chapel to pray one comes out justified the other didn't because they talked about how great they were. >> yes the president usually gets called on to preach on those special occasions. >> i thought you did a great job. >> thank you. >> now the enrolment, indo youment, physical plant of -- endowment, physical plant of the school -- >> yes, what my work will be to do over these three years is boost enrolment we have been static not that we have been in great decline but if you look at trends nationally there are fewer people coming into the master of divinity program we want to bolster the master of arts degree that is again for people on their own jou

through suicide and we simply wanted to make a video that was kind of a national movement to put videos up to say well, not all christiansmn you there are people who accept you as you are want to celebrate your life and so it gets better hang in there and you will find perhaps people who can also affirm your lives. >> back in october i think you also preached that day >> i did. >> remember the text? >> i do. >> pharisee and the -- >> repub will be can. >> going into the chapel to pray, one comes out justified the other didn't because they talked about how great they were. >> right the president usually gets called on to preach. >> i thought you did a great job. >> thank you. >> now the enrolment, the endowment, the physical plant of the school, major challenges, in terms of finances? >> yes, what my work over these three years will be boost the enrolment we have been static not that we have been in great decline but if we look at trends nationally there are fewer people coming into the master of divinity program. what we want to do is bolster is master of arts degree that again is for people who are on their own journey

nation's capitol. abc "this week" with christiane amanpour starts now. >>> hello again. back in 1993, the top military brass testified before congress, that homosexuality was incompatible with military service. at senate hearings this week, none of the military leaders testified that to be the case. 75% of americans approve of gays serving openly in the military. and in the pentagon survey of the troops that was released this week, 70% of those who responded said having a gay person in their unit to not have a negative affect on their ability to work together to get the job done. still, time to act is running out. congress has other priorities in this lame duck session. and some in the military say that changing the policy now would distract them from their focus on fighting two wars. in a moment, we'll debate ending don't ask, don't tell, with our guests here this morning. >>> but as abc's john donvan first reports, the issue of gays in the military is as old as the nation itself. [ drumming ] >> reporter: hear that sound? that's how general george washington dealt with

was very active with something called the harlem brotherhood group, connected with the national conference of christiansaw ivan come in, and ivan also had experience with nccj, and i think with harlem brother, her group. so, in christmas in 1961 i was at school and i received a phone call and went to the eastern maryland and one of the people arrested with me is also here tonight. peggy priestly who is in the book was one of the people also who was arrested, and ang angela butler as well. at the age of 19 in the autumn of 1962, i went south to register voters in southwest georgia and was there for a year. i returned partly because in connection with the stay in the jail in georgia, i caught hepatitis and what i'd like to say is the experience in the south really altered many things for me among other things that altered my blood chemistry in a way that was pretty serious. i'm going to read from the time that i was in southwest georgia. the autumn that i was in southwest georgia just happened to be the same time as the cuban missile crisis k and so i want to read a couple sentences about that. dm contras

active with something called the harlem brotherhood group, which was connected with the national conference of christians think i saw ivan houck a man and i've been also experience with ncc today and i think with harlem brotherhood group. so, for christmas of 1961, i was at school at our nerd and i received a phonecall and went on a sit-in in the eastern store of maryland and one of the people who was arrested with me is also here tonight, reggie robinson. peggy down in priestly who is in the book was one of the people also who was arrested and angela butler as well so there were three of us that were arrested in a relatively small group all of whom are in the book. at the age of 19, in the autumn of 1962, i went south to register voters in southwest georgia and was therefore a year year. i returned partly because in connection with a stay in the jail in albany georgia i caught hepatitis and what i would like to say is the experience in the south really altered many things for me, among other things that altered my blood chemistry and a way that was pretty serious. so i'm going to read just a little bit

the our lady salvation church it left people dead. 53 of the victims were christians which as a minority group in the muslim nation they decided to cancel christmas mass. said the appearances and cancel decorations however church leaders say they will go forward with mass on christmas day. bethlehem is celebrating his merriest christmas in years as tourists were brought to the traditional birthplace of jewish. the annual festivities are the largest since the year 2000 because of the mild weather and the virtual halt in violence. merrymakers enjoy eveready of music and singing for the holidays. will take a break and be right back. well here we are looking at the bay bridge on friday evening. christmas eve. we have dry conditions right now through the bay but it is pointed changes we go into tomorrow christmas day. at pacific storm is moving offshore which brings in a chance for rain and some snow into the higher elevations. here is the view from my heavenly camp. mostly clear skies over lake tahoe. snow is on the way for this weekend. the forecast showing that we do have mostly cloudy conditions for tomorrow with a

commit myself wholly to these christian principles just as i myself to this rigorous military life which justify a certain kind of intensity and radical the goals of my nation or the goals of god almighty god almighty will make sure that. does the will of the song from god gives fulfilled through the action of this nation. changed everything. this is important is. this point in time. this. type. you've got to bend our knee as a nation we've got to repent as a nation and we've got to start heading in the right direction as soldiers troops and their families have an incredible influence over culture at large we take in the sons of daughters of america and we bring them into the military forces and they are mentally transformed their physically transformed and in const providence they can be spiritual transformed if we can influence the military for jesus christ with influence nations regions and continents for jesus christ. i want you to understand. that god loved warriors i wear the uniform of this nation by definition i'm a warrior. heard the voice of god. and i can see gone. in there. and i pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any. spoken to

national criticism -- international criticism of the decision to jail the russian tycoons to another six years in prison. more bomb attacks on christians in iraq. a court in denmark has charged three men with trying to carry out an act of terrorism that according to police may have been just hours from going ahead. the suspect was alleged to plan to shoot as many people as possible. the newspaper published cartoons on the profit muhammed. >> amid the tightest security, the three men accused of trying to commit mass murder in denmark were driven to the court room. they face preliminary charges of an incentive act of terrorism and possession of a weapon. they were detained in custody for four weeks. a fourth man has been arrested but was released. third targets were believed to be the office of a newspaper that printed a cartoon of the profit mohammad in 2005, causing widespread anger among moslems. staff long feared militant islamists might try to attack the newspaper, and police say the plan was to kill as many people inside as possible. >> the police and the secret service are taking good care of us, and i am convinced they will keep

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the national championship game january 10th in glendale, arizona. >>> and the other bcs bowls it's texas christianity against wisconsin in the rose bowl and ohio state against arkansas in the sure bowl. yesterday nevada accepted a bid to play in the san francisco kraft fight hunger bowl. the wolfpack squares off against boston college at at&t park. when we come back the warriors in oklahoma you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber. you care about my fiber? not really. i care about your fiber too. i have for a while. ok, carl. why don't you care about her fiber? hey carl. [ male announcer fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. . >>> starting to look like business as usual for the warriors as they played first of three on the road in oklahoma city. kevin durant returning from injuries and the warriors wished he could have wait adleast a game. westbrook and durant a good combination as they put

christiane amanpour has a look back at his long career as the nation's public servant. >> reporter: richarddiplomats when he e okered the dayton peace accord that ended three years of bitter ethnic war in bosnia. holbrooke's death comes just days before the obama administration rolls out its review of the war in afghanistan. a war that holbrooke was actively working to o rn around. in part, through a so-called civilian surge, using not just american troops but american expertise to rebuild the country. >> we're not abandoning afghanistan. nor are we going to have an open-ended troop commitment because no war can go on indefinitely, and afghanistan cannot bear the pain and costs. >> reporter: holbrooke, the distinguished diplomat, was not above sometimes using less than diplomatic language. >> and everybody in the world knows that and it's silly to even respond to such a ludicrous charge. >> reporter: he was forever shaped by his first experience as a diplomat. in vietnam more than 45 years ago. he went on to become the youngest-ever assistant secretary of state and was twice appointed ambas

nation and say, what is it we want? >> king arthur's as they do not need permission. the congregation is growing and has been around for a while. >> we were a year before the christians and we will be around after them. >> but is this really a religious dispute? after all, pagans are an eclectic bunch. all revered nature, but that means something different to each of them. >> of the people here today, some are pagans, some are druids, somere we cawiccan. the message is that all can be of salt. >> that kind of freedom -- all can be involved. >> that kind of freedom is attracting people. >> that is it for another week. thank you for watching. next week, we will have a special christmas edition of the program. for all of the team here in brussels, goodbye.

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more than the christian conservatives were is a kind of assertively nationalist movement, and that there is -- i think there is a feeling in the country that we have lost ground as a nation in the world over the last ten years. that seems part of it. there is certainly some uncertainty over the economy, and that feeds a kind of "let's take care of our own first" feeling in the country. and so i think watching the relationship between this new tea party movement and the older religious conservative movement is going to be one of the most interesting stories between now and the 2012 election. >> and there was this phrase that we heard often "we want to take back the country." how do you transpose that? how do you interpret that? >> many people interpret this depending on their own politics, you know. some people look at it and say this is a reaction to immigration and it's a reaction of traditionally white or anglo-saxon americans to the growing diversity of america. i think some people might look at it in more economic terms and say, boy, did we feel more secure 30 years ago. there was less income inequality 30 years ago. average people could count on sort of decently pay

the nation's number one will be decided january 10th between them and glendale arizona. >>> here is how the other bowls shake out. it's texas christiansin in the rose bowl, the fiesta bowl the big east representative connecticut and oklahoma, and the sugar bowl is ohio state against arkansas. >>> the craft hunger bowl is a nouned. boston college the team that will square off against nevada on january 9th. >>> when we come back the shoe on the other foot for tiger woods in golf . . >>> the warriors got off to a cold start. the thunder ran to a 18-2 start. right now they are trailing 88- 70 in the third. we will have that for you tonight at ten. >>> tiger took a four stroke lead in to the final round of his tournament today. the chevron challenge. never lost leading by that much going in to the final day and he looked to be in good shape but this approach to 18 tiger tied with mcdowell as the two played that hole. mcdowell on the green as well but t as close. that didn't matter. he rolled in his birdie to finish a round of 69 and tiger got 73. they headed back to the tee at the same hole for a playoff. both on the green again. watch th