Can’t say ‘Christian’ at U.S. birthplace
There is no covering up the religious identity of the Pilgrim Fathers of 1620 but that the prior (1607) Jamestown settlement was also Christian is being covered up:
“Tour guides at the American birthplace of Jamestown, Va., are being prevented from explaining Christian history and are under orders to refer to items such as the Ten Commandments and Lord’s Prayer only as “religious” in nature.
That according to California pastor and researcher Todd DuBord who says he was stunned on a recent tour of the historic town when “our guide responded to our inquiry by saying that she was ‘unable to speak about the plaques. We are only allowed to say they are religious plaques.’” …
“While the tour guides at the Jamestown Settlement and Museum were cordial and informative on many points, we were all caught off guard by their unwillingness (yes, unwillingness) to discuss Jamestown’s religious roots. As one of the tour guides was leading us through the very heart of the replica of the community, the Anglican Church, we asked if she could speak about the significance of the three religious plaques on the wall in the front of the church: the Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Apostles’ Creed … But his group was told the guides were only allowed to give a generic description as “religious.”
So DuBord, who earlier documented similar efforts to edit Christianity from the historic references at the U.S. Supreme Court and Jefferson’s Monticello estate, is now asking Jamestown officials to change its procedures, because at this point visitors get “absolutely no religious information from Jamestown guides about this first colony in America.”
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Posted by JonJayRay on March 17, 2007 7:18 am
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Figures.
It’s time people took a stand against this [edited].
RWR
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I have said for some time now that Christians can no longer “turn the other cheek” and NEED to start FIGHTING BACK! After all, we have the ultimate partner in the fight, don’t we?
This is amazing. First, I am not a Christian today, but lately I have strong leanings in that direction if for no other reason than to support those I view as an oppressed majority. Second, I do read history and it tells us exactly what patriots here describe. These settlements were founded due to religious persecution overseas. Hmmm that sounds awfully familiar today. Religious persecution. Like what is occurring in every Muslim country perhaps? Where Christians are slaughtered by the sword and bullet?
Our ancestors (mine arrived in Canada in 1630) must be hanging their heads in shame. This nation was founded on the idea of religious freedom. Before mass immigrations of the late 1800s, MOST of the arrivals shared something profound – they were Christian denominations. Granted not everyone agreed on the details but make no mistake, they were adherants. Their sacrifices paved the way for other cultures and religions to blossom here. Did they do everything right and according to their beliefs? No. We are all flawed. BUT, the wheel of progress keeps turning and has placed us squarely at a crossroads today – accept our heritage and remember those who gave their lives for their beliefs – or abandon all belief, and in doing so HOPE, virtue, morality, and the future of this nation and this world.
God forgive those who don’t help themselves at this critical time.
Seems like a reasonable enough policy, since the colonists were pagans and muslims after all
So what do they do now? I say we should get ourselves out of this rotten UN and to shut down all those liberal idiots. This is censorship, its time we also just dumped the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE who operates these places and abolished all WORLD HERITAGE SITES