Ben Carson Book Highlights America’s Christian Heritage
Goal is to inspire children
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday this year, many Americans don’t understand the role faith played in the nation’s history, Dr. Ben Carson said.
“A lot of people really don’t understand the role of faith in our country,” the former neurosurgeon and cabinet secretary recently told Fox News Digital. “They say, ‘We’re not a faith-based country.’ I wonder if those people have read our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, which says that our rights come from our creator.”
During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when those assembled in Philadelphia struggled with disagreements, Carson recounted how Benjamin Franklin stood before the delegates and reminded them that throughout the American Revolution, they frequently had turned to God for guidance.
“He said, `We need to talk to God,’” Carson said. “And they prayed, and they got up, and they put together the Constitution of the United States, which has lasted as a single Constitution for 250 years. I don’t think there’s any other country that can say that they’ve had a Constitution without changing it for 250 years. And I think it was a God-inspired document. If we continue to follow it, we will continue to do well.”
Carson’s new children’s book, “Built on Faith,” makes the case for America’s founding. It will be published in late June, just ahead of July 4. The book is part of a joint “America Wins” campaign that includes Kirk Cameron and Riley Gaines, each writing a book, through the faith-based children’s publishing company Brave Books.
Carson noted the importance of instilling the belief in American exceptionalism in children. “I have been to 68 countries, will go to my 69th country this year,” he said. “ And there’s no place like America. We need to do everything we can to teach our children and to preserve it.”
Easter and Passover both connect people to the story of Jesus and redemption, he said. “There is such a thing as good and evil,” Carson said. “The Bible and our Christianity teach us to love our neighbor, not to cancel your neighbor if they disagree with you.”
–Alan Goforh
