If religion is so bad how did America become a super power...?

Question

with Christianity having such an influence on the country? Why would anyone want to change a system that has made a country great?

Our economy is what makes us a superpower, not our military, ask the former soviet union.

Our rights, courts, and laws are based on religion

Answer 1

...first, "Religion" has nothing to do the the "Secular" power of a "government"... most important in the U.S. is it's Constitution which is the real "power"... no other Nation on earth (well maybe Great Brittin) comes close to the power of "our" Constitution which enables "us" to have a say in what "we" do... So blame George Bush if you want too... but "we" have surrounded him with Senators and Congressman who keep signing his bills and documents... we voted then all in... enjoy the mess...

Answer 2

That America is the only superpower in the world is not necessarily a good thing. Some might call it Satanic.

If Christianity had influence in this, then Christianity might be held partly to blame.

But I make a distinction between a personal faith which can be holy and the actions of churches (all churches) which are purely things of this world -- things of sheer Satanic power.

So I think that the churches have had an extremely bad influence in America, but personal loving faith none at all.

Answer 3

America didn't become a super power well into the 1950's. Christianity had lost most of its influence on people way before that. Not to mention we became a super power because we were less destroyed that any other country after WWII

How are our rights, courts, and laws built on religion?

Answer 4

For every child that becomes a Christian, America loses a scientist? I wouldn't say that is necessarily so, there are plenty of christians who are successful scientists (and plenty who aren't, but the same goes for non-christians), so it's certainly not a black & white situation. The question really should be, to what degree does religiosity affect the successfulness of scientific endeavour either positively or negatively as a whole or in parts? Atleast they were until the religion Islam gained more popularity among them Strictly speaking, they were always islamic, what happened was that _fundamentalism_ became rife around about the time of their cultural downfall (I don't know enough to say whether it was causal or not, maybe it was?).

Answer 5

Because the influence of Christianity as a force in U.S.politics is a recent phenomenon. At one time there was a strict wall of separation of Church and State. The founding of our country was not based on the Christian principles of the Dark Ages, it was based on the Deist principles of the Enlightenment. It was the Enlightenment that allowed our country to become a super power. Unless we change back to those enlightened principles, we may be at the dawn of a new Dark Age.

Answer 6

We're a superpower because of military strength, not religious beliefs. In fact, one could say we're a superpower DESPITE a strong Christian influence, since Christianity seems to go against the senseless killing of people.

Answer 7

It's easy to become a "super power" when you have an army of people who believe they will be martyr's and have everlasting joy and love with an all-powerful omniscient being, and thus will not fear 'death for their country.'

It's even easier to become a "super power" when you have completely religious whack jobs running the government, willing to exploit the army to crush anything they feel like, without needing a reason other than that their hateful 'God' told them to kill.

If the U.S. government is to be called a super power, the U.S. citizens should be very afraid, because their government is their #1 enemy.

Answer 8

US has nothing to do wtih religion
if u think seriously what the hell are americans following their religion sincerely they are christians just for namesake today US is superpower tomorrow someother country

Answer 9

Religion played no role in America gaining it's "super power" status. That title is merely based upon perception.

Answer 10

Technology creates superpowers, not religions. The country (or countries) with the most advanced technology tends to run the world.

By technology, I don't mean computers and cell phones. It could be weapons, it could be medicine...the advancement of.....wait for it.........wait for it.........SCIENCE.