What has changed in the USA that non-Christians are no longer elected to the position of President?

Question

The last sixteen American presidents, starting with Woodrow Wilson (elected 1913) have all been Trinitarian Christians (Eisenhower was raised Jehovah's Witness but became Trinitarian during his presidency).

Yet among the first sixteen American presidents, I can find no more than six who could clearly be classified as Trinitarian Christians. The majority of the early presidents were Deists or Unitarians.

My question is this: what happened? How did the upper levels of government in the USA become exclusively Christian - and almost exclusively Protestant?

Answer 1

The Newton Boys were famous bank robbers in the 20's.Somebody once asked them why do you rob banks? They said," Because that's were the money is."

Protestant christian is were the votes are.George Bush senior quipped he didn't care about atheist votes. ( Don't worry he didn't get mine.)

Its kind of scary that the reigns of power are going to irrational power hungry people with our way is the only way mentality.

Answer 2

Jehovah's Witnesses do not claim Eisenhower as an adherent, but other scholars do. They note that Eisenhower refused to name his religion until he began to campaign for President, whereupon he named a church he had joined only weeks earlier. Eisenhower used a Jehovah's Witness bible for his inaugeration (though it was not a New World Translation, which was not completed until 1960).

http://adherents.com/people/pe/Dwight_Eisenhower.html

Answer 3

Do you honestly believe that crooked politicians who claim to be Christian, really are Christian?

Answer 4

We have enough problems without God being mad at us too.

Answer 5

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