America was founded as a Christian nation. Agree?

Question

People make the FALSE claim that America was not founded by fundamentalist Christians when it clearly was.

The ONLY reason why the founding fathers made a seperation of church and state was because of what the abuses they saw in the Catholic church.

The founding fathers were ALL right wing fundamentalist Christians. EVERY SINGLE ONE. To say other wise is a LIE.

I dare you to come up with a SINGLE quote that doesn't support this.

You can't.

What are your thoughts on the liberal communists trying to undermine the founding of this country by lying and saying this wasn't all true?

To the person who said that Thomas Jefferson was a deist, I have to say what proof do you have?

Do you have any quotes?

No?

I didn't think so.

Answer 1

Yes, of course it was.

Answer 2

America was founded by people from Europe. Most were English or Scottish but there were Germans, Irish, French and others too. The Calvinists and the Weslyans did not agree with each other. There were Lutherans and Catholics and Jews all in the mix. The fundamentalist Christian as we know them today were no more or less involved than anyone else. Because the European founders were primarily Christians one can say that their basic religious beliefs guided their thoughts in designing the new nation. They, however, did not trust each other and so to prevent one particular religious sect from becoming dominant over others they ensured in the Second Amendment the Separation of Church and State. I don't see anything about "Abuses of the Catholic Church" in any documents of the time. Because most came from Western Europe where the Protestent Revolution had taken hold and because many were persecuted because of their beliefs they moved to America. One example is that the Lutherans in Germany didn't like the Calvinists. (Both Protestants and so no Catholics involved)

There may have been a Christian Fundamentalist among the founding fathers. (I don't know where you get the crazy idea that they all were fundies) Thomas Jefferson was more agnostic than he was fundie. While George Washington worshiped in an Epoiscopal Church he was a basic Christian with no particular affiliation.

Please cite your resources that prove that the founding fathers were FUNDAMENTALIST Christians. You won't find it because it does not exist. Please stop lying to us when it is obvious you don't know what you are saying.

Liberals are not Communists. Where do you get that idea? Have you been listening to Rush again? I suggest you research before you make accusations and stupid statements.

Answer 3

America was founded as a FREE nation! Just because most of the men who wrote the constitution were Christians it didn't mean they want religious control! If any thing they wanted people to be peaceful, not thrown into society's belief system. What would happen to Chrstianity if extreme Islamists became the majority of the population? They would try to justify writing Muslim scriptures onto our coins! They would take away freedoms to obtain their goal! Don't get me wrong, I am a Christian but places like Finland where they have a state religion shows the lowest attendance rates per capita! Force is the last thing needed to give peace! Just like taxes, religion is government is a bad idea!

Answer 4

disagree

Thumbs down? OK, how about a quote...no how about 2 from Ben Franklin

Although Franklin's parents had intended for him to have a career in the church, Franklin became disillusioned with organized religion after discovering Deism. "I soon became a thorough Deist."[16] He went on to attack Christian principles of free will and morality in a 1725 pamphlet, A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain.[17] He consistently attacked religious dogma, arguing that morality was more dependent upon virtue and benevolent actions than on strict obedience to religious orthodoxy: "I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me."[18]

NOW can I have best answer? Or will that go to someone who AGREES with you, even if you are both wrong, and I have provided a quote?

Answer 5

Totally misleading! prior to it being known as America, it was a heartland albeit with areas comprised of almost every type of landscape, from deserts to wild rugged mountain ranges and almost every type of other known landscapes. Prior to the Pilgrim Fathers arrival it was already inhabited by its peoples! Albethey Indians, nomads and a host of others. Boundaries of areas already settled, some lived in peace, conflicts ensued in others.

The earlier arrival of people from other lands lent itself to a mixture of many cultures, ways of life and, in small part, to various religious beliefs.

Yes. As the country progressed, it was recognized as a place free from the war torn shackles and the hosts of oppression ramptant in Europe and other Nations and people from those nations sought to travel and settle there.

However, let it not be forgotten, every criminal act of today e.g. such as the overrun of nations and the imposition of acts was clearly demonstrated in the so called taming of the West. It was pure invasion of the inland heartlands of America and the use of force and every conceivable act of atrocity against those already there. Not forgetting the many Indian Nations who only fought t preserve their lands and way of life. Not forgetting the advent of the civil war that in part was no more than a throw back to European oppression by the few, against the many.

The Pilgrims arrival to some extent laid the basis of the many conflicts America was to endure before it became the nation that it is today!

Answer 6

short answer? No. The Treaty of Tripoli* backs up what I say with: "simply by fact the government of america isn't, in any sense, based on the Christian faith; because it has in itself no character of enmity against the guidelines, faith, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, simply by fact the suggested States by no potential entered into any conflict, or act of hostility against any Mahometan u . s ., it relatively is declared via the events, that no pretext springing up from religious comments, shall ever produce an interruption of the solidarity latest between the two countries."

Answer 7

Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were Deists.

Answer 8

Read Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Franklin, et al---all freethinkers or agnostics---why are you so threatened by this? They believed in a "wall of separation," so that an oppressive pseudo-theocracy would not be established here as had been in Europe for centuries. Americans would then be free to worship (or not) as they chose.

Answer 9

Read for your self, America was founded on freedom from religion. The self righteous want to bend the truth for you to believe it was founded on a certain religion which it was not, thank God. No Ten commandments in the Constitution, no Koran, no Buddhism, no religious institute what so ever.

Answer 10

Delusional beliefs about the founders among the fundies is a common occurrence. You're wrong and a liar. Have a nice day.

Answer 11

Who cares what it was founded as? That's just an insignificant detail of history. What it has evolved into bears little relation.