2007-03-19 07:16:03 · 18 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Probably because they specifically wrote down that that was NOT what they wanted - that they wanted a nation with freedom regarding religion.
You are quite right. If they wanted a theocracy, they would not have founded a democracy.
2007-03-19 07:19:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it is also interesting that they have the constitution as the ultimate law of the land and not the bible. The bible is not even mentioned in the constitution. In fact, the constitution specifically prohibits our nation being ruled by a religion or a religion being favored by the laws.
The founding fathers created a country where people's rights were important. A country where people are protected from having religion imposed upon them.
Some people today are upset at that. They think that maybe they can find a way to undo the constitution if they can make everyone believe that the US is supposed to be a "christian nation". Maybe then they can get their laws passed to impose christianity on others.
2007-03-19 07:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said that the founding fathers wanted to create a Christian nation? they wanted to create a nation where all people could worship as they pleased. Unlike the other nations around the world. of the time. Yes, many of the founding fathers were Christians by faith but they in no way "forced" it into government or societies face. They just believed that the good morals found in the Bible and the teachings of Christ Jesus were trustworthy and reliable. And advised the people to follow them.
2007-03-19 07:21:08 · answer #3 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And why does the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli specifically state that the United States is not a Christian nation?
ADDENDUM:
Regardless of what the Arabic treaty said (and the absence of Article 11 is only surmised), Article 11 was in the version ratified by the Senate in 1797.
2007-03-19 07:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Founding Fathers did no longer desire to created a Christian u . s .. usa replace into based from people often searching for non secular freedom (regrettably, they have been all Christians searching for freedom from different Christians). The Founding Fathers knew greater effective to impose a faith on the country--a u . s . the place all might desire to worship freely replace into their desire. besides the fact that if, because of the fact many got here from Christian backgrounds (even if or no longer they practiced or adhered to suggested ideals is yet another publish), the U. S. shape and different founding archives have been heavily prompted with the help of biblical values. yet putting in specific Christian desires might bypass against their commencing up of a loose u . s ..
2016-10-19 02:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-19 07:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh, John Adams and the treaty of Tripoli says, flat out, that the United States is NOT a Christian nation.
Written by a president and signed by Congress. Hard to refute.
2007-03-19 07:20:00 · answer #7 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Read the Declaration of Independence.
As for the Treaty of Tripoli...why is there no Section 11 of it written in Arabic...? You know, the part that supposedly said this nation wasn't founded on Christian principles...?
2007-03-19 08:01:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They didn't - silly. Thomas Jefferson in particular was against Government+Religion. Sadly, every great society throughout history has moved subtly away from the ideals that made them great in the first place. Life never stops moving. And what we in America have now is a pale mockery of what our country used to stand for. Unfortunately most of us (myself included) are too apathetic to do anything about it.
2007-03-19 07:23:44 · answer #9 · answered by mizkc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was in the Declaration of Independence.
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
2007-03-19 07:22:00 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋