what do you think about?

Question

America was founded on the Christian believe system (one nation under God) and not atheism or other paganistic belief systems? And if don't believe in that why not leave.

Answer 1

America was not founded on the Christian belief. In fact, the constitution was revised many times before signed to make sure it was not interpreted as Christian. It was based on a belief in God. The majority of our forefathers were freemasons. They believed in a higher power, one God and respect for others, but they were of all different faiths.

Answer 2

Interesting, but highly inaccurate. "One nation under God" was added in the 20th Century; and the Founding Fathers were Deists, and not really Christians. In fact, they fought to PREVENT any one religion from taking over.

Of course you know, an elected member of the Federal Government was recently sworn into office on a Q'ran which belonged to Thomas Jefferson...

Answer 3

Sorry, but you're simply wrong. America was founded on the principles of the European enlightenment. George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Nathanial Adams, Thomas Paine, and many others were Deists. Everyone of them despised Christianity. Jefferson hated organized religion so much, he cut up his Bible and removed all mention of unsubstantiated miracles. I suggest you try reading something besides religious propaganda and get your facts straight.

Answer 4

Actually, America was founded on the ideals of freedom, and the goal was to escape religious tyranny and economic hardships imposed by the British empire.

The same attitude that you have just displayed is the reason the USA exists.

Answer 5

wrong. please explain why you think that.

it's belief system, not believe system.

Under god was added to the pledge in the 50's.

I'm not leaving because it's not true, quite the contrary. it's my right as a U.S. citizen to believe as I wish.
seeing as how you're opposed to freedom of religion, it's more fitting that you should leave.

Answer 6

I believe that statement is a distorted version of the truth, which was made by the christians in order to force their religious beliefs on others.

The actual truth involves the founding of the nation based on religious freedom, which involves allowing people to believe religiously as they wish, especially without laws regulating their method of belief.

"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries." -James Madison, 1803

"The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole cartloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity." -John Adams

". . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind." - John Adams

"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it." - Joh n Adams

"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth." - Thomas Jefferson

"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance, of which their political as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purpose." - Thomas Jefferson, 1813

"It is not to be understood that I am with him (Jesus Christ) in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism, he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin; I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it." Thomas Jefferson, 1816

"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature." - Thomas Jefferson

"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

"We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication ." - Thomas Jefferson

"Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the Common Law." - Thomas Jefferson

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State." - Thomas Jefferson

"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." - Ben Franklin

"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Ben Franklin

"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one." - Ben Franklin

"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half of the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind." - Thomas Paine

"Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange belief that it is the word of God has stood, and there remains nothing of Genesis but an anonymous book of stories, fables, and traditionary or invented absurdities, or of downright lies." - Thomas Paine

These are just a few.

Answer 7

The establishment clause in the Bill of Rights guarentees that each of us may practice our religion as we see fit. Or if we don't feel the need to practice any religion, that's ok, too.

Answer 8

Hmmmmm I didn't realize America was founded in 1954 when "One Nation" was added, but whatever, that's been thrown around on here enough.

If Athiests are respectful why do you care that we're here? Why wouldn't you want tro converse with us? We're not Satan you knw.

Answer 9

What do you think about the difference between verbs and nouns? If you can't tell one from the other, why don't you stop writing?

Answer 10

ummm because it wasn't founded on that. Some people need to get a life.