Many American Christians trumpet the idea that American was intended to be a Christian nation founded on Christian values. However, those people might want to read the Treaty with Tripoli which was drafted and ratified under presidents Washington and Adams.
Article XI of the treaty reads "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
Taken with the lack of mention of God or Christianity in the Constitution, could it be that our country was not founded on Christianity?
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2007-11-23
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