Many say that the US is founded on "Christian principles." Exactly what Christian principles do they refer to?

Answer 1

ROFL at the guy who said the founders were "infected by the Enlightenment." At least he's honest.

The U.S. WAS founded on the principles of the Enlightenment: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, being the most important, but also the ideas of religious tolerance and democratic-republican forms of government. The Enlightenment ideas could only flower out of the ground of a Christian concept of individuality. But it's a hell of a stretch to call the Enlightenment a Christian movement...

Peace to you.

Answer 2

One issue that was important to the founders was slavery. The King of England approved of slaverunning which many colonists took advantage of. But after the constituition was written the northern states abolished slavery. If the southern states had done this also the civil war would not have been fought 80 years later. The declaration of indepenence is a grievance list against the King of England. Because the colonists were christians living under limited government for 150 years they felt it oppressive for the King to impose His way on them. He raised taxes to raise revenue to build an army in America to force the colonists to abide by His oppressive regulations without fair representation. The motto of the colonists quickly became 'No King but King Jesus". The clergy preached this very strongly from the pulpit and a new desire formed in this environment. They did not want a monarchy. They wanted a government that respected individual christian rights,even guaranteed them. Of course the success of all this depended on the willingness of the people to abide by them. It wasn't just principles, it was the whole christian life as outlined in the bible. You can find out more about this at wallbuilders.com.

Answer 3

you're able to end spreading your hateful misquoting rhetoric. you're worse than the Christian who will take a Bible quote, take it out of context, and twist it to fulfill their desires. All you're doing is making your self look like an uneducated, senseless lemming, by utilising no longer doing the full examine your self. Are you a sort of who will frown upon a Christian for being a small minded imbecile via fact they won't do the examine themselves and could in ordinary terms spout off what their e book says? then you swap around and do the comparable component by utilising misquoting what the founding fathers surely reported. Why do no longer you do the examine, fairly of having those human beings do it for you. All it does it make you look lazy and unintelligent. i be attentive to your sort, you will test those solutions and for concern of the generic public proving you incorrect, you will elect an answer that is of an identical opinion with your line of BS. I dare you to enable this question circulate to the electorate and spot if others share your perception, or while you're full of canine doo. BTW - for people who think of the George Washington quote is fake, circulate to the Smithsonian website and look up his farewell handle and study the full component. Oh, there it somewhat is. i do no longer think of the Smithsonian might have something that would desire to be fake, do you? vehicles weren't invented till the previous due 1800's, the very previous due 1800's. sort of eighty years after Adams dying. never might he use the term carload nor might he be attentive to what a carload replace into.

Answer 4

Rach most Under God references actually came about much much later than the founding of our Country. Maybe you should do a little bit of studying. A good deal of our founding Fathers were Deists rather than being Christians.

Siylence nowhere there did i read anything equating the idea of a Creator to the Christian God.

Well Slavery is espoused quite often in the Bible. So i suppose that could be one Christian Principle.

Answer 5

For The LAST TIME!


Treaty of Tripoly 1797 ratified by US Senate and Signed by the President of the United States John Adams.

Article 11, reads:

"As the Government of the United States of America is NOT, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;
I think people choose which ever faith does these fundamental things for them:- John Adams, Founding Father

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

Answer 6

I think the Declaration of Independence makes it very clear, especially considering that the well established religion of England, and the colonists to these shores is indisputably Christian.

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of ((Nature's God)) entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed ((by their Creator)) with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

"...We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the
((Supreme Judge of the world))
for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a "firm reliance" on the
((protection of divine Providence)), we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

Answer 7

Id say the 10 commandments!

Answer 8

Surely they refer to the Ten Commandments:

1) Obey
2) Sit
3) Lay Down
4) Roll over
5) Play dead
6) Speak
7) Fetch
8)...

Wait a minute, am I remembering these right?

Answer 9

The fact that on every document says something like "Under God".... but other than that, our founding fathers were pretty good at sinning...
actually, their lives would prob make a very good reality TV show...

Answer 10

Well, most the Founders were profoundly Christian, but most all were to a greater or lesser extent 'infected' by the "Englightenment" drivel of their day.

God NEVER authorized a 'Democracy' (mob rule) in the Bible. The only human government God ever allowed was a Monarchy.

May the Lord send us a righteous king!