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Question

Patrick Henry, patriot and founding father of our country, said: "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."

Jesus Christ is LORD!

Answer 1

No I did not know that. Thank you for this intresting piece of information.

Answer 2

The actual founding fathers disagreed.

Treaty of Tripoli ― Ratified by the Senate and signed into law by John Adams on 10 June, 1797.
“[T]he Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion...”

" I have examined all the known superstitions of the World, and I do not find in the particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned" Thomas Jefferson

There is indeed a reason the you will not find the name "Jesus" in any of the documents establishing this nation. The closest you will come is "Creator" which was deliberate.

Answer 3

Yes, Patrick Henry wanted taxes to be used to support religion, in his "... Bill Establishing a Provision for Teachers
of the Christian Religion". This proposed, failed 1784 state bill proposed to reverse the 1779 Virginia Assembly decision to deprive the Church of England ministers of tax support. He was opposed by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, among others including many Virginian Baptists and Presbyterians who were persecuted, violently at times, by the religious majority.

Answer 4

And did you know that Thomas Jefferson said,

"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity."

-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting "Jesus Christ," so that it would read "A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination.

-Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, in reference to the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom



Plurality rules, buddy. Not your religious views.

Answer 5

I don't know who Patrick Henry is but I do know that America was founded on Christianity.We are in a sense the other Israel as we are a Nation set aside from all others to Glorify God and receive his blessings.And God has showered us with many blessings because we support Israel and we respect and honor him.When you think about it we are truly blessed.Its because of God we aren't speaking German and it's because of God we are free in the land of opportunity with abundance of everything we need right here in our own back yard.I look around at other countries and see how people live and then I am so grateful I was born here instead of anywhere else on the planet.

Answer 6

But, whose interpretation of the gospel of Jesus Christ? Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Quakers, Jews? Pentecostals?

Answer 7

And yet President Washington signed the Treaty of Tripoli which states:

"[T]he Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..."

Answer 8

Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and the Treaty of Tripole disagree.

Answer 9

indeed, this is one of many many quotes from the founding era and beyond that are censored from school books. I found my deprograming through library research to be very enlightening. It is sad to see the ignorance our education spreads in order to maintain social engineering. Do you know that many people actually think that the words "separation of church and state" are found in the first amendment?

Answer 10

It s doubtful he ever said it (look it up) - and, if he did, he was very much in the minority among the founding fathers, as has been well documented.

Answer 11

This country was started Christian, and we need to keep it that way! Jesus = life!