Was United States founded on Christianity ??

Answer 1

No on freedom of religion, all religion.

Answer 2

While a vast majority of the founders were Christian, I don't think it makes much sense to say the country was founded on Christianity.

It would be more correct to say it was founded on some of the following principles:
- individual rights are granted by God and they include the right to religious liberty
- the purpose of government is to protect these rights

I think the founders tried to insure that there wouldn't be a state religion since that would likely cause some of the problems that occurred in England and other countries.

Answer 3

The United States Of America was founded by peoples that
were fleeing oppression and tyranny.
Freedom is the foundation of this society.
Freedom was paramount in the eyes of this nations founders.
Religion was not an issue, and should not become an issue today.
The issue today is "Unity". Will we regain the "Unity" and
cohesiveness that made this a great nation in past times, or will divisiveness and differences destroy this nation from within?
Can the people of this great nation become that "Great Melting Pot" that has been talked of in past times, or are we destined to follow in the footsteps of the Roman Empire?

"One Nation Under God", is a motto that should be followed,
and upheld at all costs. God has no religion, and shows compassion to all that adhere to "Truth".

Answer 4

No. While many of the Founding Fathers were Christian, others were Deists, Unitarians, etc. They deliberately created a secular government which required no religious tests for those wishing to hold public office and forbade Congress from favoring one religion over others with laws or money. It's called the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, and it's the very first part of the very first amendment to the Constitution. The idea was to allow people to worship according to their conscience, allow the government to focus on worldly matters, and prevent any one religion from opressing others. They did not intend for people to start opressing the rights of private citizens to worship as they see fit.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Answer 5

Granted, God is not mentioned in the Constitution, but He is mentioned in every major document leading up to the final wording of the Constitution. For example, Connecticut is still known as the "Constitution State" because its colonial constitution was used as a model for the United States Constitution. Its first words were: "For as much as it has pleased the almighty God by the wise disposition of His Divine Providence…"

Most of the fifty-five Founding Fathers who worked on the Constitution were members of orthodox Christian churches and many were even evangelical Christians. The first official act in the First Continental Congress was to open in Christian prayer, which ended in these words: "...the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Savior. Amen". Sounds Christian to me.

Ben Franklin, at the Constitutional Convention, said: "...God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?"

John Adams stated so eloquently during this period of time that; "The general principles on which the fathers achieved Independence were ... the general principles of Christianity ... I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that the general principles of Christianity are as etemal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God."

Later, John Quincy Adams answered the question as to why, next to Christmas, was the Fourth of July this most joyous and venerated day in the United States. He answered: "...Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?" Sounds like the founding of a Christian nation to me. John Quincy Adams went on to say that the biggest victory won in the American Revolution was that Christian principles and civil government would be tied together In what he called an "indissoluble" bond. The Founding Fathers understood that religion was inextricably part of our nation and government. The practice of the Christian religion in our government was not only welcomed but encouraged.

Answer 6

Not really, many of the founding fathers were diests (they believed God created the world and then left it alone). However, the large shift toward Christianity came recently. The words In God We Trust were actually put on coins around the 1950s as a result of the communust red scare. The US wanted the world to know its people were free to practice religion, which communist countries were not. Hooray for freedom of religion!

Answer 7

NO NO NO!

*looks up treaty of Tripoli*

"Art. 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 tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan 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."

Answer 8

No.

"Art. 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 tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan 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."

http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/treaty_tripoli.html

Answer 9

United States was founded by people wanting to be free of King George. If you're asking why it was settled, then it was good old fashioned capitalism.

Answer 10

No it was not. Considering that most that came to colonize the US left Europe because of government sponsored and controlled religion, it seems the founding fathers went out of their way to ensure that the Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc. were secular in nature.

Answer 11

Not according to the Treaty of Tripoli, which expressly states that the US was not founded on Christianity. It was signed by President John Adams and ratified by Congress.