What's the deal with a quote like this?
"...the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..."
Who would say such a thing?
(Atheists, please do not answer. Give the Christians a chance to figure it out on their own.)
2007-09-26 07:45:22 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
scruffy_scirocco, call me a troll all you want. I got you to think, so my mission has been accomplished. Whether or not you contribute something worhtwhile to the conversation or just resort to namecalling is entirely up to you. It only says something about your character -not about me.
2007-09-26 07:54:54 · update #1
I'm a Christian. I would say some of the founders of this country were Christian not all.This country while influenced by Christianity is not designed ot be Christian country but a country based on freedom of religion. The God referred to by our forefathers is a generic God.
2007-09-26 07:51:15 · answer #1 · answered by djmantx 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
The deal is simply revisionist history. Atheists dont appreciate the fact that all their worldview has built is oppressive injust communist societies filling mass graves and taking away peoples God given rights creating nothing that we as free people would want to live in.
Whereas people yurning to have religious freedom, free enterprise, private land, etc came together, fought off the british, and forged an institution like America that is grounded in the notion that we are endowed by inalienable rights by our creator. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were ideas that came from a Christian perspective using Christian principles.
2007-09-26 15:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It amazes me at the amount of history is over looked by so many people. Sure some of the founding fathers were "deist" in they believed in a creator that made us then left us to our own devises. Such as Jefferson, Franklin etc.... But for the most part if you look at the language and life of them as a whole you will see it was Christian ethics that helped establish our democratic republic.
2007-09-26 14:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by s. grant 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that you should take a look at each states individual "state constitutions preamble"...I wonder how you would explain them if this nation wasn't founded on the principles of GOD??
P.S also take a look at- wallbuilders.com (David Bartons web site} this guy has spent many years studying out this countries beginning; that is if you are not bias in what you believe and are willing to find out if you are believing the truth or not. Some folks just plain don't want to hear the truth....
2007-09-26 15:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by wordman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the government was not founded on the christian religion!!
just because a bunch of people ignorantly followed the christian faith in 1776 ,and those people were under English oppression to be a English colony, doesn't mean Christianity was the [cause] of the revolution.
if i remember right a bunch of criminals and hose thieves and pirats and other undesirables were shipped to the collonies because they wanted to empty the English prisons.your saying that these stealer people were all Christians and had the Nobel goal of bringing heaven to earth in the form of this country?
just because a runner wins a race....and they are a christian...dose not mean the RUNNER WON THE RACE BECAUSE THEY WERE CHRISTIAN!!
just because we had a revolution, and the revolutionaries just happened to be Christians, doesn't mean we had a REVOLUTION CAUSED BY CHRISTIANITY.
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thought it was founded on the
IROQUOIS CONSTITUTION
http://www.nativeamericans.com/iruquoisConstitution.htm
woulnt link to the right page
2007-09-26 22:36:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I suppose George meant that we aren't a theocracy, but a republic in which freedom of religion exists for all faiths. Though I'm not sure that the treaty with Tripoli is the authoritative statement on the subject.... ;-)
2007-09-26 14:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was the treaty of Tripoli with the other side being Arab.
It was meant to appease a people. Originally it was written in Arabic.
The Declaration of Independence has numerous statements refering to God.
Get A Grip
2007-09-26 14:54:37 · answer #7 · answered by Get A Grip 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
most of the "founding fathers" were not "Christians"... many were Dieists but that is not Christian... they did however see value in some of the Juidao/Christian ethics and incorporated them into the laws of the new United States... but that does not make the US a Christian country... never has been... that implies a Theocracy which would be against The Word and Will of God.
2007-09-26 14:51:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Probably one of the founding fathers, like Thomas Jefferson.
2007-09-26 14:49:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What's the deal? good question...however, i will disagree with this person because they included the phrase "in any sense"...i work for an attorney, and have done so for a long time now...one thing i have learned in my little 'ol life is to try to avoid all inclusive statements.
2007-09-26 14:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by ddking37 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋