As a political historian I find this whole affair a worthless waste of time and an affront to the Constitution and DoI.
Yesterday Donny plans to prayer vigil on the National Mall as part of the 250th celebration it’s aim is to restore religious fervor….
The Trump administration plans to stage a nine-hour prayer event on the National Mall on Sunday that organizers describe as a bid to “rededicate” the US to its Christian foundations. They’re using public money set aside for the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Washington Post reports. Billed as Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving, the gathering is being run through Freedom 250, a public-private partnership created by the White House. Although the announcement talks of unity, the program is dominated by Protestant speakers. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson are scheduled to speak. President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are sending recorded messages.
Religious historians say the scope and tone of the event stand out from presidential observances that have typically featured broad, nonsectarian invocations. Of the 15 faith leaders listed as participating, 14 are Christian, including seven evangelical leaders and two Catholics, per USA Today. The only non-Christian religious leader listed is Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. Amanda Tyler of the Baptist group BJC argued that the administration is promoting a false notion of the US as officially Christian and blurring church-state lines. Supporters, including Regent University scholar Mark David Hall, likened the jubilee to a Thanksgiving proclamation and emphasize that participation is voluntary.
The event also will also showcase what organizers call a Freedom Truck, one of six mobile exhibits using material from conservative groups PragerU and Hillsdale College to promote a “pro-American, Judeo-Christian” story of the founding. “This is really an affront to the American religious community,” said the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, CEO of the Interfaith Alliance. “They are using an event like this, which could be the opportunity to showcase the incredible diversity of American religious life, which is so rich and beautiful and powerful … to rewrite American history.” Gates open at 9am, with music, military bands, and speeches continuing until 6pm.
Basically I think this is BS from a panty waste of a leader.
Thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday for “Rededicate 250,” a massive 8-hour prayer rally blending worship music, patriotic imagery, political figures and prominent Christian leaders in an event supporters described as spiritual renewal and critics viewed as another step toward the normalization of Christian nationalism in American politics.
The event, tied to upcoming celebrations marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, featured speakers repeatedly invoking themes about restoring America’s “Christian roots” and reaffirming the United States as “One Nation Under God.” Organizers, called Freedom 250, framed the gathering as a national rededication of the country to God through prayer, worship and public faith.
As a political historian I find this whole movement to be utterly ridiculous.
After 250 years of a religious freedom Donny and his worthless christian nationalists are trying to make this country something it was never intended to be.
Those who insist that America was founded as a Christian nation run roughshod over the historical record. They use the words of the Founding Fathers to support Republican jeremiads on the moral decay of American life. If only this country could return to its Christian roots, they say nostalgically, everything would be okay.
And how do they demonstrate that America was founded as a Christian nation? By selectively choosing texts from the writings of the Founders without any effort to explore them in the context of the 18th-century world in which they were written. Just because John Adams and George Washington quoted from the Bible or made reference to God does not mean that they were trying to construct a Christian nation. Granted, the Founding Fathers were the products of a Christian culture, but most of them were never comfortable with the beliefs that defined this culture. Very few of them would qualify for membership in today’s evangelical churches.
https://www.hnn.us/article/is-america-a-christian-nation-what-both-left-and-r
The idea the this nation was founded on christian beliefs is a myth….more info for you….
https://www.au.org/about-au/history/is-america-a-christian-nation/
The Founders thought that government should be secular….not favoring one religious belief over any others….and that is where it should stay.
It is that simple and Donny and the Band of Toads are trying to make it more complex than that….with the use of lies and more lies.
America should stay the secular nation it has alwasys been….PERIOD!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
The ONLY reason this is “news” is because Donnie is making sure the evangelicals know how “religious” he is and will continue to fully support him.
In days to come citizenship itself may be contingent upon belonging to the official state religion which will undoubtedly be nationalist, republican, maga and necessary for citizens to get jobs, obtain education, buy homes, travel across state lines, buy anything considered to be a necessity …even having children….wait and see..
Trump was hoping for, perhaps even seeing in what’s left of his mind, something like this happening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nB8IoKw-xs What he ended up with was People of Walmart at a tent revival meeting.