Was the United States founded as a Christian nation.?

Question

ARTICLE 11.

As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen,-and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

Treaty of Tripoli, 1796, 1806
The Treaty of 1796 proclaims America's Government is Secular.

Monday, May 29, 1797

The following written message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Majcom, his Secretary:

Gentlemen of the Senate:

I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, a treaty of perpetual peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and subjects of Tripoli, of Barbary, concluded at Tripoli, on the 4th day of November, 1796.

John Adams

United States, May 26th, 1797.

[May 26 is the date when Adams actually wrote the above message]

It is sometimes necessary to remind American theists of this fact.

Thanks Kallan, and ditto sweetie!

Answer 1

No it isn't. Freedom of Religion.

Answer 2

Dag you did all of this your question was sufficient no for all the other details which is null & void to me any who!

Now I shall simply answer your question & asked a few I have! Do allow me for you may can teach me much!?~!

Christianity I am sure could and would not uphold any way in the way which the barbaric men invaded and took the land from the original men whom occupied this Continent!
Now you do know the hethens used and crutched on this for reason for slavery so who knows what chapter were they able to crutch on for stealing the land raping and outright kidnapping and prejudices their history shows that is what I would like to see proof of in the book you know there are good a quoting scriptures dont you!
I want the excuse for why they treated the indians in such a way and the Africans in such a way and the Orients in such a way !I want an exuse why?!?
email me would you please if you have any knowledge on my questions to you!
here is something for the world to consider alright
you are correct the usa should have never went to war with any islamic nations never for no reason this is why there is such an increase of WMD the world countries are beginning to build because they fear america will do to them what they have proven to do in the past go against vowel made and wht do iraq have to do with 911?~! The dots don't connect! hay where's OBL??
someone email me and tell me I need to know this!
For show didn't BUSH get saved?~! What was that all about?~!

Answer 3

John Adams also said that the constitution of the United States of America could not work with anything other than a Christian nation for, in effect, the people must actually govern themselves. No amount of legislation can teach morales or ethics.

Answer 4

No, I wouldn't say the US was founded as a Christian nation.

I will say that the founders of this country used an awful lot of Christian tenets and beliefs to form the Constitution and so on.

But we're definitely NOT designated a Christian nation. We can't be according to the First Amendment.

Answer 5

No, it was funded as secular country. People often say it was founded by Christians, and even if that were true (it's not, some were, some weren't) , it is 100% irrelevant. The all agreed to freedom of religion, for everyone, not just those who believed what they did.

Answer 6

Many of the people that came to the colonies left Europe because there were under pressure from the the chruch. In fact, those like George Washington is said to not have had a religion, and were in fact pagans. I suggest you research this yourself.

Answer 7

"God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world."
--John Adams 2nd US President

"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology."
--Thomas Jefferson 3rd US President

They really don't seem like traditional Christians to me.

Answer 8

This country was founded on the idea of freedom of religion. Try reading the Constitution.

Answer 9

GOD made a Contract with the Pilgrims.
GOD has Raised up a Platform on this Earth in Which to "Go ye into all the World" and Preach the Gospel.
Thank GOD for America.
Thank GOD you were Born Here.
Thank GOD that HE hasn't Taken HIS Hands off of America.
Thanky GOD!
Ditto......................

Answer 10

You read something I didn't. The quote from the treaty didn't say AMerica was secular, it said it wasn't founded on the CHristian religion. It was founded on a religious belief though, namely that there is a Creator who gives men rights which no man can take from them. "It is self evident that all men are CREATED equal and are endowed by their CREATOR with certain inalienable rights." To deny a creator is to deny the basic foundation of the AMerican belief in Rights, and to lower rights from divinely bestowed laws to conveniences constructed by society, which then has the ability to reconstruct them or take them away.

Answer 11

How about that 'thou shalt not kill'? If this was a 'christian' nation, it wouldn't have been formed by violence against others over who rules when the lives of their loved ones were not at risk. We won't even get into the countless murders of the original inhabitants either.