A Pentecostal bishop on Sunday told a rabbi and an imam that the U.S. was a “Christian nation” that was bridging religious divisions because Christians would “let” other faiths worship and “we’re not going to persecute you.”

Maybe I’m seeing this out of context. But when I read that “we’re not going to persecute you” line, I expected it to be followed up with a polite request for some “insurance” payment

We believe this is to be a Christian nation. We feel like we’ve been persecuted in the places we came from,

Funny. Most in this country who call this a “christian nation” use that as a pretext to insist the first amendment doesn’t mean what it says, therefore its okay to push christianity in public schools or bully gay kids or whatever else “isn’t” persecution.

Btw, who was doing the persecuting in “the places we came from?” Other christians, perhaps? On that note:

Imam Suhaib Webb, however, reminded Jackson that Christians persecuted Christians during the early days of the United States, while Jews and Muslims lived together in Harmony in Spain.

Ouch! Cut his ignorant balls off, why don’t you?

BTW, is the US of A old enough that the Civil War counts as “the early days?” Or maybe WW2? My point is that “christianity” as a united multi-sect group is a much more recent invention that most people today realize. For most of american history, it was kinda taboo to talk about religion because as soon as someone heard you held a different version of an otherwise same faith, it was on. Christians hated one another over little differences until someone figured out that it takes a common enemy to unite them, such as abortion or communism.

And thats why for most of US history, contrary to contemporary belief, nobody referred to America as a “christian” nation. That word, or at least that particular meaning of it, did not yet exist.