Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson was at the Iowa State Fair Sunday and called Americans to talk about God.
“We have to stop listening to these people who tell us that we cannot talk about God, we cannot talk about our faith,” GOP candidate Dr. Carson.
“I wonder, do they realize that our founding document, our Declaration of Independence, talks about certain inalienable rights given to us by our Creator – aka God?” he asked.
Carson explained the references to God in the pledge of allegiance, in U.S. courtrooms, and on currency.
“So, if it’s in our founding documents, it’s in our pledge, it’s in our courts and it’s on our money, but we’re not supposed to talk about it, what in the world is that?” he said. “In medicine we call it schizophrenia, a form of craziness.”
Carson said it was time for Americans “to realize that there’s nothing wrong with living by godly principles – of loving your fellow man, caring about your neighbor, developing your God-given talents to the utmost so that you become valuable to the people around you, having values and principles that govern your life.”
“And if we do that,” he concluded, “not only will we remain a pinnacle nation, but we will truly have one nation, under God.”
“They are American problems versus un-American, and we have got to remember that we are Americans first,” he said. Edited from CNS news.
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