Did you know that America was not founded by Christians?

Question

Some were Christian, of course, but the majority were Diests. NOT Christian.

Answer 1

"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our 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. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth." ------- THOMAS JEFFERSON


"Christianity...[has become] the most perverted system that ever shone on man....Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and imposters led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus." ------ THOMAS JEFFERSON

"In every country and in every age the PRIEST/PASTOR has been hostile to liberty; he is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." – THOMAS JEFFERSON

"...an amendment was proposed by inserting the words, 'Jesus Christ...the holy author of our religion,' which was rejected-----'By a great majority in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mohammedan, the Hindoo and the Infidel of every denomination.'" ----- From Jefferson's biography:


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"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together." -- James Madison

"In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people." - James Madison

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"I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved--the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!"--John Adams in a letter to Thomas Jefferson

"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 carloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity." --John Adams

"The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." - John Adams, Founding Father and 2nd US President.

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"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."
-- Abraham Lincoln

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"If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists." – GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."-- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1758

"I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity." -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, _Works_ Vol.VII, p.75

"If we look back into history for the character of the present sects of Christianity, we shall find few that have not in turns been persecutors and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in Pagans, but practiced it on one another. The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution on the Roman church, but preactied i on the Puritans. They found it wrong in Bishops, but fell into the practice both here (England) and in New England"-- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1758

Christianity [Religion] I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another."-- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Answer 2

America was raised up by a Contract made between the Pilgrims and GOD Almighty.

GOD needed a Country where HE could send out Workers into "All the World".

It is Almost Over.

Answer 3

Ahh yes, another one of those "America was not founded of Christian values " people, yea right, sure.
Yes. I know some like B. Franklin was not Christian and others, but look at the nation now, looks like it is, or is it the intention of Liberal Atheist to go into the Library of Congress and remove and destroy all evidence of this country being founded on Judeo Christianity ? I see them doing that, re-writing History to suite their needs.

Answer 4

Please stop talking nonsense. Columbus discovered the west in the name of The king and queen of Spain who were devout Catholics. Spain was a Christian kingdom and 99.99% of the folks who first came to America were Christians. Very few were Muslims or Jews.
Even when the British came plundering, the plunderers were Christians. The first settlers were Europeans...all Christians.

Answer 5

Regardless of what anyone else says, the founding fathers of this country knew best what they themselves meant. Look at THEIR writings; others have perverted their meaning and decided this country should be one based on Christianity when it is quite evident the founding fathers did NOT want that.

How many of the people quoted to support the idea of this country being founded on Christianity were there when our Constitution was written?

Answer 6

America was founded by the native American.s the British stole the land. so if you want to get technical about it...no, Christians did not find this land.

native Americans did.

Answer 7

You need to read the studies by David Barton. He studied this for most of his life.

Answer 8

Deism makes more sense than Christianity, but I'll stick with Atheism.

Answer 9

Word up your right and look what they did in the name of God!!!!!!!!!! Most ethnic groups were prejudice against and made to live in ghettos, the blacks did hard labor and were sold as animals.... What a mockery of what God is LOVE.

Answer 10

That is an urban myth.
http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=113

Two can play at the quotes game.

Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise. In this sense and to this extent, our civilizations and our institutions are emphatically Christian. -- Richmond v. Moore, Illinois Supreme Court, 1883

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. – John Quincy Adams

Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers. – John Jay (1st Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court)

Everyone appointed to public office must say: "I do profess faith in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ His only Son, and in the Holy Ghost; One God and blessed forevermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration. – Delaware Constitution 1776

Of all the habits and dispositions, which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars. – George Washington (Farewell Address)

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion and all denominations of Christian are placed upon the same equal footing. – U.S. Supreme Court 1796 (Ruggles v. Winemiller)

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. -- John Quincy Adams

Had the people, during the revolution, had any suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that revolution would have been strangled in its cradle... At the time of the adoption of the constitution and the amendments; the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, not any one sect... In this age, there can be no substitution for Christianity... That was the religion of the founders of the republic and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants... The great vital and conservative element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.– House Judiciary Committee March 27, 1854

Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian. – U.S. Supreme Court 1892 (Church of Holy Trinity v. U.S.)

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament, be read and taught as a divine revelation in the schools? Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament? – U.S. Supreme Court 1844 (Vidal v. Girard)

What ever strikes at the root of Christianity tends manifestly to the dissolution of civil government. – U.S. Supreme Court 1811 (People v. Ruggles)

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in the exclusion of religious principle. - George Washington

Answer 11

Regardless of their religion, they specifically opposed a state religion, and allowed all people freedom to pick their own religion.