Product Details

• Actors: David Barton
• Directors: David Barton
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Vision Video
• DVD Release Date: July 3, 1995
• Run Time: 59 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00079VL84
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,001 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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About the Actor

David Barton is the founder of WallBuilders, an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage. David is author of numerous best-selling works and a national award-winning historian who brings a fresh perspective to history.

Product Description

America's Godly Heritage clearly sets forth the beliefs of many of the famous Founding Fathers concerning the proper role of Christian principles in education, in government, and in the public affairs of the nation. The beliefs of Founders like George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Wilson, George Mason, John Quincy Adams, and many others are clearly presented.

America's Godly Heritage also provides excerpts from court cases showing that for 160 years Christian principles were part of official American public life. You'll see numerous charted statistics showing what has happened to America since the courts began rejecting the Founders' beliefs.

America's Godly Heritage is an excellent primer for those who want to know more about what was intended for America by the Founders and what can be done to return America to its original guiding philosophy. This DVD is ideal for sharing with home gatherings, church groups, and Sunday School classes, or to use as a history supplement for children or schools.

DVD Features:
Languages: English
Viewing Format: Fullscreen
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37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NON-FICTION FROM A NON-CHRISTIAN........, January 22, 2005

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STEPHEN T. McCARTHY (a Mensa-donkey in Phoenix, Airheadzona.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Godly Heritage (VHS) (VHS Tape)

In 1993, a friend / coworker loaned me his videocassette of David Barton's, 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE.' Knowing that I was not what the "orthodox" Christian Church would call a "Christian", he said almost half-apologetically, "I think you might find this interesting....but I don't know. Maybe not." Instead, he should have handed me the tape with immense boldness!

It is a great understatement to say that I was totally unprepared for the information contained in 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE.' Like most Americans, I had been brainwashed into believing that "SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE" was some foundational principle in our form of government. I had been conditioned by our social engineers (academia; the judiciary; the media; and the scoundrels that we continually send to Washington D.C. to represent us) to accept the seeds of secular Socialism. And being too "busy" (read: lazy) to read "THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND" for myself (Pssst. It's called, 'THE CONSTITUTION'), I didn't know any better. Shame on me! 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' convicted me of ignorance, and viewing it was the first step I took on my way to becoming a bona fide "patriot."

I am appalled by how often I find deceivers misrepresenting the truth in their Amazon reviews; taking information out of context in order to distort it and deliberately mislead others. Often their own words expose the fact that they are not even familiar with the material they are pretending to review.

On this Product Page we have a "Christian HISTORIAN" who, ignoring the fact that the vast majority of America's Founding Fathers were members of orthodox Christian churches, seizes upon statements from a few of the less religious Founders to paint an inaccurate picture. And quoting the Treaty of Tripoly out of context hardly reveals the whole story behind it!

Our "Christian HISTORIAN" neglects to tell us that........

John Adams said, "The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were...the general principles of Christianity."

John Jay declared, "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty - as well as the privilege and interest - of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." But what did John Jay know? He was only the original Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and one of the 3 men most responsible for the Constitution!

Our "Christian HISTORIAN" would have us believe that the "Father Of His Country", George Washington, was not a Christian. This is the same Washington who told his troops at Valley Forge :

"To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to laud the more distinguished character of Christian." The same Washington whose June 14, 1783 prayer for the U.S.A. included this plea: "Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy Holy protection...Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." You'll find that on a plaque in St. Paul's Chapel in New York City, and at Pohick Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, where this "non-Christian", Washington, was a vestryman from 1762 to 1784.

Yeah, our reviewer is a "Christian HISTORIAN" like I'm a six-year-old Hindu girl from Dogbreath Falls, Minnesota! As of this date, his total Amazon content consists of only 3 reviews: 2 of them bashing David Barton, and the third one praising some Rock album with "driving distorted guitars with a tinge of punk and attitude." Just what one would expect from a "Christian HISTORIAN", right? He titled his review of this videotape, "THIS IS FICTION." I agree with his title, but only if it is referring to the review he posted below it!

'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' holds a wealth of surprising information, and David Barton has so much to tell us that he must deliver it in double-time fashion. This tape probably won't "entertain" you, but it will quite possibly shock you! But this is just the tip of the iceberg. His masterpiece of research is the scholarly tome, 'ORIGINAL INTENT: The Courts, The Constitution, & Religion' - a Five Star book if ever there was one! David Barton is the owner of many original documents from the Founding era, and he maintains a great website: www.wallbuilders.com

The "Christian HISTORIAN" says that America was not founded on Judeo-Christian principles, but was intended as a secular nation. This "non-Christian" says he's wrong! Believe who you will.

The 39 men who signed the U.S. Constitution concluded it with, "Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven."

Now which "LORD" do you suppose the Founders had in mind? Fauntleroy?

30 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David Barton should be president, May 2, 2000

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John A Walz (Columbus WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Godly Heritage (VHS) (VHS Tape)

This and all of David Barton's other work is outstanding (for lack of a better word). If you wish to be thoroughly entertained while learning a great deal of history (not only history, but studied, accurate, fact backed, history) Barton's work is for you. This material is so good that it should be shown in every school in the nation. The older kids are captivated by the material Barton presents that is not (but should be) presented in schools. Again, I cannot say in words just how good Barton's material is! Buy it, study it, learn it, and share it.

32 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What did our founding fathers orginally believe?, December 8, 2001

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Ashley (Seattle, Washington, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Godly Heritage (VHS) (VHS Tape)

What is an atheist? A person who religiously practices non-religon. What does the first amendment really say? And what is the history behind Thomas Jefferson's 5 words of "seperation of Church and State"?

The fact is that religon is still taught is public schools, every religon. Yes, we have read the bible and the Koran (That is the correct spelling) and talked about what they say in my 10th grade history and english classes. The fact is that every person in the United States of America practices some form of religon. Halloween is orginally a Irish Celtic/ Roman Catholic holiday. Santa Claus is a Catholic saint. The fact that 99% of Americans celebrate this holiday says something.

The Founding Fathers believed that this should be a country built on the bible and God. I am a christian and I will proudly stand up and say it, so did the founding fathers. This is just one more view, but it has proof.

The courts did not have proof of their decision in 1962 that seperated church and state. It did have effects and that is what this movie tried to show. It is put out by a christian organization yet it gives information and quotes from historical documents. I would recommend watching it just to see what the Founding Fathers had to say. Interpert it in your own way.