What was the Constitution based on religious doctrines and dogma or Secularism?

Question

So were all of our founding fathers religious such as theists such as Christians or were some of them say Secular such as Atheists,Agnostics,FreeThinkers,Humanists? Or were most of our founding fathers FreeMasons?

Please answer the first question as well thank you.

Answer 1

Secularism, and most of the founders were deists, with a number of atheist/agnostics. They were also freemasons.

The fundamentalists would like you to believe they were all fundies too, but the facts simply don't support it.

Answer 2

I think people misunderstand what the revolution was about. because they misunderstand what it was about, they also misunderstand what the aims of the founding fathers really were. I don't mean to give a history lesson...but I'm going to anyway......

What the founding fathers were....were Merchants. First and foremost...they were merchants. They were the upper middle class, and the upper class, of American society.

In a historic context...that group always had two main opponents....the nobility, and the Church. It doesn't mean they weren't religious. It just means that the Church was a politcal rival to their class in every country in Europe.

The Church regularly passed Usury laws, were able to better compete in the market place (as were the nobility) because they often didn't have to pay taxes, and were constantly attacked in the witch craft purges. They frequently had their money/resources stolen by the Church.

In other words...they were a po9litical enemy and rival of the Church. By the Church...I mean the Church as a political entity.

Every single one of the bill of rights is in some way designed to promote an environment which promotes free trade. INCLUDING the first ammendment. In fact it's one of the most critical ways to promote that environment.

Saying the founding fathers were all Chrsitians isn;t just historically inaccurate, it misses the point. They were political ooponents of the Church. This was their nation. It was their experiment. They made sure that there would not be a nobility, or a Church, as a political rival.

Answer 3

huge style one, 2, and 3 - all incorrect. I quite do no longer think of secularism could replace something and particularly the understand God, the Holy Bible. interior the forties, the King James version of the Bible became approximately all there became to study. we've the NIV and the NKJV which every physique can understand. the hardship with Christians is they do no longer understand the understand God. Ask every physique calling themselves a Christian with regard to the Bible and that they gained't have the means to reply to the question wisely. Secularism desires to flow into the trashcan and the understand God desires to be study, taught and time-commemorated. our young toddlers do no longer improve up understanding the understand God, yet they could be. while Secular Humanism got here into our u . s . a . is while unproductivity happened in u . s . a .. An evil pope might have fought a conflict interior the God's call and a puzzled Islamic facist named Osama Bin encumbered could be struggling with Jihad interior the call of his fake god Allah, yet maximum wars at the instant are not fought interior the call of a god. We blame God while we could continually be blaming guy. each and all of the incorrect throughout this international isn't via fact of religion. in case you knew historic previous you will understand that everytime guy does what he thinks is ideal in his own eyes, he self destructs and his u . s . a . is long previous. guy can do no longer something with out God.

Answer 4

probably a bit of both... truth be known... certain religious documents, at the very least, you could argue are a partial base for law, even secular law... but I don't think the constitution was based on the Bible alone either...

now... what was the intent of the religious overtones... was it a bit of sugar to help the medicine go down with Americans... or an honest heart-felt gesture... I don't know...

Answer 5

There is no separation of church and State

By Caryle Murphy
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 20, 2005; B01


".....The grants are part of a $25 million nationwide program that Congress approved last year and recently renewed for fiscal 2006 to protect nonprofit groups deemed highly vulnerable to a terrorist attack.

The Jewish community has long been grant conscious....."

Did they really used the money for security purposes?

Answer 6

They were smart enough to keep religion out of the constitution knowing the problems it is capable of causing. I think most of the founding fathers were Freemasons interested in progressive free thinking and discussion and the sharing of their knowledge. Ben Franklin never patented anything he invented, he wanted it to be free for all to use. Our politicians of today can't hold a candle to him. Speaking of candles, Franklin also came up with the idea of daylight saving time, for the purpose of saving tallow.

Answer 7

Here's a couple of quotes for you to give you an idea.

"We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

James Madison

The fourth president of the United States of America, AKA "The Father of Our Constitution.

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".

Patrick Henry

Patriot and Founding Father of the United States of America.

Answer 8

a secular government. GW and the other founders had it in their power to make the USA a theocracy, they refused to do so. Yes, they were deists. That basically means they believed there is a God, but he (or she) used means to create the universe. IE big bang, evolution

Answer 9

I think it was based on what they thought were very good ideals to build a country on.

As far as their religion is concerned I have heard that they came from various groups. That is what makes the Constitution so strong, it was written without bias.

Answer 10

Secularism.
Benjamin was a free thinker, and Tom was a deist (believing in a god or higher power who doesn't do anything).