Um, hello, America was made by Christians who gave up on Europe, and would FLEE this America on the first flight out

This guy teaches at . . . Hillsdale College.

Christians Err if They Give Up on America

D.G. Hart, Wall Street Journal:

 

The U.S. was conceived as a nation that relied on civic associations, private organizations and virtuous citizens who learned morality at church, in the home and in school. ... the desire to thank God for the U.S.A. by marching in a parade with the Boy Scouts or the Rotary Club is a noble one. 

 

 

In the popular imagination at Shakespeare's time, the religious Separatist is about as low as the scurvy politician

And 't be any way, it must be with valour;

for policy I hate: I had as lief be a Brownist

as a politician.

 

-- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 2

Come out from among them: Separation is the very definition of holiness, not unity

Robert Browne, the first seceder

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."

-- 2 Corinthians 6:14ff.