Evangelicals - “This country was founded by Christians.”
Yes. Of course, none were Dispensationalists, because that theology wasn’t invented yet. No Pre-Trib Rapture believers among them. The majority of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution came from Anglican/Episcopalian backgrounds, which meant robes, liturgy, infant baptism, catechisms and confessions, pre-written prayers - a whole list of things that Evangelicals count as unbiblical and terrible. A huge chunk of them were Calvinists, which meant predestination, something else a lot of Evangelicals consider heresy. Many came from denominations that believed that God gives salvation through the sacraments, and not just through the preaching of the Word alone.
For many, there is a whole history of the Church that Christ established that they know nothing about. And the only right approach to it is to seek to learn about it, with humility. It may very well be that your little corner of that broader Church has a few things wrong.
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