Why would I thank a christian for the freedoms I have in this country?

Question

This country was not founded on christianity. A large part of the founding fathers were deists, not christians, and a few of them were involved in occult sects.
Thomas Jefferson actually had to write a statement stressing the fact that this is not a christian nation.
So I ask again, Why would I thank a christian for the freedoms in America?

"Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." - Thomas Jefferson

Lady_Blue: Look at my last question. At least 2 people suggested that I thank a christian for the freedoms I have.

Answer 1

Good point. I never do. :)

And also, hiiiiiii, I'm baaaack! *wave wave*

Answer 2

You're forgetting other founding fathers that were Christian, but take a look at the Declaration of Independence, and "the laws of nature and of nature's God" meaning whether you believe in science or God, a new government was needed. So thank the Christian and the deist, and the atheist scientist, but most of all the soldier defending the freedoms you have.

Answer 3

It is like being beaten and required to say, "Thank you, Sir! May I have another?"

Agreed about freedom. It is freedom from religion being established. The founders saw what happened when Christianity ruled countries. It was very very bad. Even in England, which was a pretty liberal place to be, the religious wars were devastating.

Answer 4

If it wasn't for the excesses of christians the founding fathers might not have have realized the need to protect us from them with the bill of rights, many of the founding fathers escaped Europe to avoid religious persecution.

Answer 5

Well some Christians have served in the Military and have died for the freedoms we have. So I guess you could thank them.

Answer 6

You can thank Jehovah's Witnesses for freedom of religion in many countries. We have fought many times, even up to the Supreme Court for the right to practise our religion, setting many precedents which have been used to uphold other forms of belief.

Answer 7

Thank the Adams boys first:

John Adams:

We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus! [April 18, 1775]

"The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”


“[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”

Samuel Adams:

“ He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all… Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.” [ "American Independence," August 1, 1776. Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia]

“ Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity… and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” [October 4, 1790]

John Quincy Adams:

• “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?
--1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Answer 8

I don't have a clue why you obsess about it, this country is not Christian by definition in the bill of rights.

Answer 9

You are right. Deists, theists, atheists, agnostics, other intellectuals. 85% of American never in fought in the Revolutionary War. Like George Bush...Christian cowards.

Answer 10

Thank Jehovah's Witnesses for speech freedoms

This is a partial listing of some of the freedoms you enjoy for which you can thank us.

Answer 11

What in the world are you talking about? Who said anything about thanking Christians for anything? This country was founded on the basis of RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, regardless of what religion it is (or not). Thanksgiving Day is set aside merely to give thanks. Not give thanks to anyone in particular. Open you mind, honey.