“These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.” ~ G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News, August 11, 1928

Christians of Kootenai County should be dismayed at the appearance of a Hindu demon, Ganesh, statue that is currently found on Sherman ave in Coeur d’Alene. The godless group of individuals that manage the “art” of the city have approved this abomination by Rick Davis to be displayed on Sherman Ave.

Kootenai County Christians are encouraged to protest at the “dedication” on Friday June 10th at 5:30pm.

Here’s a roster of those responsible:

The Coeur d’Alene Arts Commission is appointed to aid the Mayor and the City in formulating and administering public art policy for the City. The Commission consists of twelve members appointed by the Mayor and City Council to serve three-year terms.

Arts Commission Members as of June 9, 2011

Fred Ogram, Chairman
Elisabeth Garland
Mike Dodge
Jim Gray
Tami Smith
Iris Siegler
Paul Olscamp
Eden Irgens
Theresa Shaffer
Joe Sharnetsky
Colton Robertson (Student Rep)

Council Liaison to the Arts Commission: Deanna Goodlander
Steve Anthony, Staff Liaison, 769-2249
Amy Ferguson, Staff Support, 666-5754

On Christianity in America

For all of those ignorant of American history and the American foundation, who pervert the written word of the U.S. Constitution to their own meaning, consider the words of The Constitution’s 55 writers who were: 26 Episcopalian, 11 Presbyterian, 7 Congregationalist, 2 Lutheran, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodist, 2 Roman Catholic, 2 Quaker and 1 Deist (Dr. Franklin)

Quotes from Framers, Presidents, Justices and Patriots of American History

Noah Webster In the preface of his original Dictionary on April 14, 1828
“No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”

Daniel Webster
“If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendancy; If the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will; If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of this land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end.”

Patrick Henry From his Last Will and Testament
“I wish I could leave you my most cherished possession–my faith in Jesus Christ. For with Him you have everything; without Him you have nothing at all.”

Samuel Adams
“The rights of the colonists as Christians…may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutes of the Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.”

Benjamin Franklin In a pamphlet for Europeans titled “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America,” 1754
“Bad examples to youth are more rare in America, which must be a comfortable consideration to parents. To this may be truly added, that serious religion, under its various denominations, is not only tolerated, but respected and practised. Atheism is unknown there; infidelity rare and secret; so that persons may live to a great age in that country without having their piety shocked by meeting with either an Atheist or an Infidel.”

Alexander Hamilton On April 16, 1802, Hamilton wrote to James Bayard
“Let an association be formed to be denominated ‘The Christian Constitutional Society,’ its object to be first: The support of Christian religion; second: The support of the United States.”

George Washington His Prayer At Valley Forge
“Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from heaven in pity and compassion upon me Thy servant, who humbly prorate myself before Thee. Bless O Lord the whole race of mankind, and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy Son, Jesus.”

President John Adams
“The highest story of the American Revolution is this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”

President Thomas Jefferson
“I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man…”

Justice Chase, Runkel v Winemiller (1799)
“By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion.”

Justice Brewer, Holy Trinity Church v United States (1892)
“Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian.”

President Andrew Jackson
“The Bible is the Rock on which this Republic rests.”

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