I America's founding fathers were christian (for the most part) but when they wrote "One nation under God" were they refering to the judeo-christian god or any monotheistic religion?
2007-08-26 06:56:05 · 14 answers · asked by linkus86 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please do not answer question below the initial question, and use it only as reference for my real question. One nation under God was not written by the founding fathers.
2007-08-26 07:23:44 · update #1
It did not specify a religion. Several of the founding fathers were deists: they believed in a supreme being but not in the tenets of any religion. Deists generally view this being in a monotheistic light, but to fair they really had no experience with polytheistic systems. It wasn't so much that they dissed polytheism as they just didn't think about it.
2007-08-26 07:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Judeo-Christian God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob whose Son is Jesus the Christ our Lord and Savior. Many state constitutions required that their leaders be Christian.
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that --- and shudder. James 2:19
Away with you, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve." Jesus said this to Satan in Matthew 4:10 NKJV
Satan and man are responsible for all other religions. A wise man once said, "There are only 2 religions - God or man."
It is God's way or man's way and man has the choice to choose.
"One Nation Under God" came in the 1950's after the Jews returned to their homeland in 1948. Also Eisenhower was President at the time. The Jehovah Project seems to have come about that time also. In 1947 the Roswell incident occurred where we have for years thought that aliens or fallen angels came down to the earth. These UFO's continue until this day which are believed to be fallen angels and demons.
Satan's crew who has been fighting with the Holy angels of God. Man calls these aliens from outer space or visitors from other planets. The Bible and God call them fallen angels and the demonic of Satan. Any war of Israel brings them out in droves as Gary Stearman so accurately mentioned.
2007-08-26 07:11:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you write God instead of god you are referring to the christian religion...most other religions refer to god or gods (note the lowercase g) because it deals with a poltheistic religion and is not referring to one person,being,our all powerful god.In other monotheistic religions they have names
but the god in the christian's religion's name is actually God...
Is that confusing? Basically it only refers to the christian religion only cuz back then they were pretty much only christian's.
2007-08-26 07:03:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot of our founding fathers were Mormons who believed in the the true God, the same God between the Jewish, Christian and other religions. A lot of religions believe in the one same God, just have other beliefs after. As for capitalizing the "G", its giving reverence to God, because he is indescribable by words.
2007-08-26 07:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by Rach 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They didn't write "one nation under God."
Capitalizing the word "God" (when used as a proper name) is good English.
2007-08-26 07:01:36 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt denote any specific religion, however, that the founding fathers were referring to the judeo-christian God, yes
2007-08-26 06:59:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Capital G = LOVE
Small g = all other gods
For instance, the god of George Bush and all Catholic, evangelical, protestant christians should be denoted with a small g, because there aint no way that is LOVE.
2007-08-26 07:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Capitalizing God is a show of respect.
2007-08-26 07:07:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There wasn't one religion represented by the Founding Fathers, there were several.
http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html
IMHO, they capitalize God because its a name.
2007-08-26 07:03:36 · answer #9 · answered by littleredhen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think what they meant was God from any religion at all, not just monotheistic religions. They wouldn't specify because we have freedom of religion in America.
2007-08-26 07:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by music_literature_freak 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋