If the founding fathers did not want to form a Christian nation,
why do you swear to tell the truth on a BIBLE in court?
2006-10-15 08:23:08 · 11 answers · asked by Dan Tanna 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The founding fathers intended this country be Christian. there is a lie going around that none of them were Christian. Most of them were devout church goers and represented sound moral and Biblical principles. You are not taught this is public school because the textbook writers are atheists.
2006-10-15 08:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
America was a based on Christian values and the people of America were free. America and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are not one an the same. The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has never been a Christian nation. The Incorporation that is called the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA used the Christian teachings as a front to fool the Christian people into supporting them and it worked very well too. In fact the lie worked so well that today's weakened Christians don't know there is a very real difference between America and the U.S. And swearing on the Bible in court to tell the truth is one small part of the fake front, to keep the foolish fooled.
2006-10-15 08:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The founding fathers were deists. They were NOT out to form a religious nation. The problem is that they couldn't control everything. The bible is a product of others that were in power, not the founding fathers. The founding fathers just started the nation. That's all they did. Things have developed from there.
2006-10-15 08:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They no longer make you swear on a bible and you would have the right to refuse to do so if they asked. They merely ask you to affirm to tell the truth with your right hand raised.
And if you take the time to delve into it you will see the majority of the founding fathers were Deists not christians and they never intended for a christian nation but one with religious freedom for everyone; including those who aren't religious.
2006-10-15 08:34:37 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you do not have to swear on a bible anymore. And they did not simply want to create a Christian nation. They wanted to found a nation where everyone was free to practice whatever religion they were without persecution.
2006-10-15 08:29:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of our Founding Fathers were Masons and it is one of the Masonic Lodges customs, That is why you swear on the Bible in court
2006-10-15 10:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by spyderman131 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did want to form a christian nation. Sorry.
2006-10-15 08:25:46 · answer #7 · answered by fat bob 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you won't be able to lump the founders into one political ideology. The company is in all probability purely a gaggle of libertarians patting themselves on the decrease back appropriate now. Jefferson might desire to be seen a libertarian. He well-liked smaller, decentralized government, and emphasised an consumer-friendly, rural existence unfastened from an over accomplishing government. Many others even with the undeniable fact that, which contain John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton working example, have been easily no longer libertarians. They believed in a stable nationwide government (which i think could be greater like todays Democrats). They believed that the government could administration greater. I hesitate to declare "Socialist" because of the fact the assumption as we comprehend it now wasn't around decrease back then, yet they have been truthfully no longer libertarians. there have been others which includes Elbridge Gerry and James Madison who i could classify as liberal. They fought to get a bill of Rights because of the fact they cared approximately making advantageous that the government secure the rights of everybody. Gerry rather refused to sign the form because of the fact the bill of Rights wasn't initially blanketed (and wasn't ratified till 1791) because of the fact he believed that the government mandatory to take an lively functionality in keeping human beings's rights. Washington became maximum truthfully a populist. He became a guy of the human beings. And he revealed little or no approximately his politics, so which you would be able to no longer rather say that he became a libertarian. there is not any evidence. In ultimate, be careful what human beings say with regard to the founders. All political events could like to declare them, whilst the actuality is they have been extremely smart, yet distinctive human beings who had sharp political disagreements. in the event that they have been around at present I have little doubt in besides that some could be Republican, and others Democratic. rather than attempting to apply them to reinforce our evaluations, we could constantly take from them the lesson of compromise, and the cost of expertise and studying. whilst addressing at present's political themes we would desire to come back at them with the expertise of the founders, and their spirit of compromise (whilst needed).
2016-10-02 08:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by kuhlmann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A meaningless symbolic gesture from a less enlightened era.
2006-10-15 08:25:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law" ~ Thomas Jefferson
2006-10-15 08:29:15 · answer #10 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋