Phrase of the Day

We’re not a Christian nation?

The Definitive Treaty of Peace 1783

In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity.

It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts of the most serene and most potent Prince George the Third, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, duke of Brunswick and Lunebourg, arch- treasurer and prince elector of the Holy Roman Empire etc., and of the United States of America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore…

…Done at Paris, this third day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. (emphasis added)

This is, as it were, the baptismal certificate of the United States of America – the treaty by which Britain, in the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity – acknowledged the independence of our nation…and they did it in the year of our Lord, 1783. Now, our liberal friends like to point to one (1) treaty with some north African barbarians where we say we’re not founded on Christianity – but I think this treaty carries a bit more weight in demonstrating American beliefs. Not just a belief in God, but a belief in the Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

So, stick that in your atheist pipe and smoke it, if you like – but we are a Christian nation, and have been from the start.