I'm working on a personal project right now that I hope to have posted by the end of September. Not that anyone's waiting. My blog is kind of dry. Shout out the one person that likes my posts -- you're the the real O.G, my friend.

I recently had the opportunity to watch a program put out by PBS called God In America. I will put the link to the specific episode down below. This episode discussed how religion, specifically Christianity, helped push the United States to be the country it is today. The Cold War was a large contributor in placing the nation in fear, which led the U.S. to have this "spiritual revival." Billy Graham, an American evangelist and established evangelical Christian figure, was a prominent Christian celebrity that preached from small Baptist churches to a 6-month long sermon at Madison Square Garden. He was friends with many influential presidents who were in office during a tense political climate. Although there were loud whispers of him putting religious ideas into the heads of people in office, he still was a motivational speaker of God through hard times. The program also goes into the Civil Rights movement and how salient Christianity was during riots, speeches, and peaceful protests.

My question to anyone who actually cares: Do we need religion in democracy? Compared to other countries that don't have a centralized religion, has Christianity helped propel the U.S. socially? If the majority of people did not believe in God, what would our crime rates look like? Would suicide rates skyrocket or would scientific engenuity take hold of new generations? Finally, what did our Founding Fathers vision for our government and did they see religion being involved?

That is my question for you. I'm still trying to answer them. Please leave your thoughts down below -- no matter how short or long they are. I greatly appreciate any comments.

Thank you for coming.

PBS, God In America

http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/view/

- marty