And where in the constitution says "the creator"
2007-01-16 08:40:29 · 22 answers · asked by Mark L 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Some of the colonies were founded on the Bible but the new country was not.
The colonies were a variety of denominations (including Catholics in Maryland) that could only get along if no one denomination was in charge so the founding fathers wisely separated church and state.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-19 16:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not, that's what the term "freedom of religion" refers to - the very first Amendment makes that very clear. Do you think that there might have been a clear purpose in listing it first? Many of the founding fathers were Christians, but many, such as Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and others were nominally Christian at most, but held a Deist attitude when referring to The Creator - definitely not the same as the same thing as the Creator in the Bible. Sorry, Christian Fundamentalists, any claims otherwise are simply incorrect, based on wishful thinking and a lot of preaching by those who want us to believe it.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
John Adams:
The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense founded on the Christian religion
2007-01-16 08:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, as was clearly stated in the Treaty of Tripoli, which ended the war with the Barbary Pirates, and was ratified in 1797, barely ten years after the ratification of the Constitution. The treaty states, in part, that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." This treaty was signed by President John Adams and ratified, unanimously, by the Senate. All treaties thus signed and ratified become US law.
As for the words "the creator," they do not appear in the Constitution, but in the Declaration of Independence.
2007-01-16 10:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffrey S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nah, that's just a pretext and a kind of social glue for keeping a rag-tag band of colonials together.
You look back at the history of the States, the 13 colonies acted as the overseas trashcan for the undesirables in Britain, whom were a convenient source of people to use to populate the colonies. In all reality, they were largely deathtraps that if the people sent overseas lived, they made money for the British, if not, no big loss.
So while the Bible and religion were certainly a huge motivation for people wanting to get away from British supression and subjugation, it was just used by the country's leaders as a social glue to keep a common band of people together.
2007-01-16 09:31:32 · answer #4 · answered by Hotwad 980 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think "creator" is in the Declaration of Independence, not the constitution.
The primary ideas behind the US were Jean Jacques Rousseau "Social Contract" and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
2007-01-16 08:45:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US constitution (and pretty much the US) was created on the idea that the people have rights.
Religious freedom is one of those rights. You are free from having a government that decides your religion for you and from favoring any particular religion.
The US was not created based on the bible.
2007-01-16 08:46:22 · answer #6 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The country was founded on the works of John Locke, an English philosopher. While religion played a big part in peoples' lives, they were smart enough not to impress this upon the citizens of the country.
2007-01-16 08:48:10 · answer #7 · answered by dbybell 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He became no longer the major founding father, he became in basic terms that scribe that wrote down what the others instructed him to. you in common words quoted between the three Deists who signed the announcement of Independence. something else claimed to be Christians. a million Roman Catholic 52 Evangelicals 29 of them were seminary graduatges 24 of them were Pastors So the D of i became written quite in many cases by technique of a group of Mike Huckabees.
2016-10-15 07:56:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it was not founded on the Bible.
Many of the founders were Christian and believed the Bible. But it was not soley founded on the Bible.
I haven't found, the "How to start a nation." section in the Bible. Its about principles. Some Biblical principles were used. But it wasn't completely founded on those principles.
2007-01-16 08:44:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO.
Most of the writers of the constitution were Deists. Their 'creator' made the universe and then stepped back to let us run things on our own.
2007-01-16 08:43:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋