Since the United States is a Christian Country, shouldn't we adopt the bible as our Constitution?

Question

My Pastor thinks we should adopt the bible instead of the Consitution. If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.

Answer 1

We could and should examine the laws in the Old Testament and take what would make for a moral country and add to the constitution.

I like your pastors way of thinking. Although true Christians do not need laws to keep us in order, we have the Word of God.

We already do have some laws that follow according to some of the laws in the Bible. It would be great if we had more.

Answer 2

The claim that the U.S. is a Christian country is false. Seriously, although we have a Christian majority, we cannot forget the Founding Father's beliefs and goals. The majority of them were, in fact, deists, regardless of what some Christian propagandists claim. Their extreme goal was the complete separation of Church and State. They knew first-hand what favoring one particular religion could do to a democratic society and fought hard to not see that happen here. You remember why the Puritans came here, right? The F.F.s knew the only way to achieve their vision of society was to guarantee this complete separation, even the Christian ones. By allowing the Constitution to be replaced by the Bible is destroying the very bedrock of this country. In doing so, you create a Theocracy. The only other Theocracies on the planet are Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan (past-tense). So...how does this make sense, exactly?

Answer 3

There was an attempt in 1780 to put God into the constitution and it didn't get enough votes to make it so it was disguarded.

Let's face facts. First the Catholics are the majority in this country. So would it be the Catholic Bible?

Next the Baptists have a very strong influence and I'm sure they get some of their ways, such as banning infant Christening and Baptisms. Would you like that one!

Remember, this is all poltics and Presbyterians and Methodists are a minority in this country.

So, there will be your constitutional government, controlled by the two major factions, Catholics and Baptists.

It's the will of the majority and the Catholics will control 30% of the vote and the Baptists 25% and together they have over 50% and can dominate.

Answer 4

And just how do you come to the conclusion that the United States is a Christian country? Christianity is not the official religion of the country, it is not the only religion worshiped within it's borders, and the U.S. census doesn't even ask what religion a person is so there is no clear way of saying that Christianity is even the largest religion in the U.S.

U.S. soldiers swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, not to follow the bible. And the Constitution allows everyone to worship as they will (or not to) without fear. As a veteran, I believe every religion should be allow within the U.S. so long as it doesn't harm others.

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 5

Once the Bible is accepted as federal law, there would be a civil war deciding on the official interpretation of each passage. We would fight over the harsh punishments of the Old Testament (stoning for most things that deviate from orthodoxy).

Nay, while Christians are the majority today, it is the Constitution which would protect us if this were to change. Let man worship what, where, and how they desire as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others.

Answer 6

Two things to note. First, the founders of our government were all Christian, yet they made sure to keep religion out of government (for the most part). They thought a religious government would be too intrusive in people's lives, and I agree with them. Second, your presumption that the U.S. is a "Christian Country" is inherently flawed. There may be more Christians than any other one group, but there are millions and millions of people in the U.S. who aren't Christian. Why should your values be forced on them through government? How about this, you will be allowed to practice your Christianity, and nobody will stop you, harass you for it or try to forcibly make you change your religion. It is a right you already have and it works pretty well.

Answer 7

The United States is NOT a christian country. Read the Constitution. The problem with you christians is that you THINK it's a christian country. You are very dangerous people. You are exactly the people the settlers ran away from and barred from this country in the Constituion.

Answer 8

Due to the fact that these
Christians use the Protestant Old Testament which is lacking 7 entire books 2 (Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus/Sirach, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees), 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther may be one of the reasons they ask catholics so many questions.

For the Sola Scriptura this is too bad .
In the 16th c., Luther removed those books from the canon that lent support to orthodox doctrine, relegating them to an appendix. Removed in this way were books that supported such things as:

prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45),

Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7),

intercession of dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:14),

and intercession of angels as intermediaries (Tobit 12:12-15).

The lesson, though, is this: relying on the "Bible alone" is a bad idea; we are not to rely solely on Sacred Scripture to understand Christ's message. While Scripture is "given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17), it is not sufficient for reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. It is the Church that is the "pillar and ground of Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15)! Jesus did not come to write a book; He came to redeem us, and He founded a Sacramental Church through His apostles to show us the way. It is to them, to the Church Fathers, to the Sacred Deposit of Faith, to the living Church that is guided by the Holy Spirit, and to Scripture that we must prayerfully look.

Answer 9

The constitution was written by Christian men, So I don't think they should change it. Don't get me wrong, I love the Bible, but you can't push Christianity on people. A man tried that once, it didn't turn out so well.

Answer 10

It makes no sense whatsoever!

The Constitution is the guiding group of laws that detail things like who can be president, what the powers of the federal and state governments should be, and the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government should be.

The Bible is a collection of myths and folklore about a violent, seminomadic people who lived during the bronze age. They were a violent, tribal people with violent, tribal laws.

The Bible says nothing about the procedure to elect a president.
The Bible says nothing about the division of power in Congress.
The Bible says nothing about what the rights of states should be.

So, if you want to live like violent bronze age tribal people, then one MIGHT consider the Bible as a good guide. If however, you want to live like a 21st century American, I would stick with the Constitution.

The fact that no one in your church stood up and challenged that nutty logic shows how little free thought goes on in a church these days.