Rewriting Our Thanksgiving History in the US

[Guest shiloh357]

As Americans mark Thanksgiving this week, one thing noticeably absent from public discourse is our nation's first Thanksgiving celebration—and the One to Whom those early American settlers gave thanks.

 

Instead, talk of "Pilgrims" is taboo, and talk of giving thanks to God even more so. And beyond this, very few in America today recognize the strong theme throughout our nation's history of national leaders' setting aside a day of Thanksgiving not to family, friends or an unnamed source but to God.

 

Religion and culture expert Dr. Alex McFarland says this is not only a tragic rewriting of American history but also a subtle strategy to strip America of the very core that makes her a nation worth celebrating: her acknowledgement of God.

 

http://www.charismanews.com/us/46251-rewriting-america-s-thanksgiving-history-to-remove-god-is-a-tragic-deception

[alien224]

So true and very sad.

[pom2014]

As Americans mark Thanksgiving this week, one thing noticeably absent from public discourse is our nation's first Thanksgiving celebration—and the One to Whom those early American settlers gave thanks.

 

Instead, talk of "Pilgrims" is taboo, and talk of giving thanks to God even more so. And beyond this, very few in America today recognize the strong theme throughout our nation's history of national leaders' setting aside a day of Thanksgiving not to family, friends or an unnamed source but to God.

 

Religion and culture expert Dr. Alex McFarland says this is not only a tragic rewriting of American history but also a subtle strategy to strip America of the very core that makes her a nation worth celebrating: her acknowledgement of God.

 

http://www.charismanews.com/us/46251-rewriting-america-s-thanksgiving-history-to-remove-god-is-a-tragic-deception

 

Well it is a myth, so telling the truth would be a Christian thing to be behind.

 

They were not pilgrims. They were colonists.

They did not come for religious freedom. They had that in Holland.

They never landed on Plimoth Rock.

 

These are all rewrites based on myths from Washington Irving and embellishments by late 19th century Christians trying to make people believe they were a Christian nation chosen by God.

 

The US was a nation settled for financial gain and the restriction of religious freedom.

 

They were after all mostly British. Not well known for tolerance.

[Guest shiloh357]

 

As Americans mark Thanksgiving this week, one thing noticeably absent from public discourse is our nation's first Thanksgiving celebration—and the One to Whom those early American settlers gave thanks.

 

Instead, talk of "Pilgrims" is taboo, and talk of giving thanks to God even more so. And beyond this, very few in America today recognize the strong theme throughout our nation's history of national leaders' setting aside a day of Thanksgiving not to family, friends or an unnamed source but to God.

 

Religion and culture expert Dr. Alex McFarland says this is not only a tragic rewriting of American history but also a subtle strategy to strip America of the very core that makes her a nation worth celebrating: her acknowledgement of God.

 

http://www.charismanews.com/us/46251-rewriting-america-s-thanksgiving-history-to-remove-god-is-a-tragic-deception

 

Well it is a myth, so telling the truth would be a Christian thing to be behind.

 

They were not pilgrims. They were colonists.

They did not come for religious freedom. They had that in Holland.

They never landed on Plimoth Rock.

 

These are all rewrites based on myths from Washington Irving and embellishments by late 19th century Christians trying to make people believe they were a Christian nation chosen by God.

 

The US was a nation settled for financial gain and the restriction of religious freedom.

 

They were after all mostly British. Not well known for tolerance.

 

And your evidence for those claims would be....?

[Littlelambseativy]

Strange how facts can be manipulated and what was is no longer...

[aussie_musician]

those Brits !!

 

 

how do I shake my fist at them with an emoticon ??

 

ha ha ha ..