Please reference where Christianity is mentioned in the US constitution.
2007-12-11 06:12:11 · 22 answers · asked by baryymahoginer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
St. Francis....God does not equal Christianity. Oh yeah I forgot ... the constituion says..."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
2007-12-11 06:23:09 · update #1
St. Francis....God is not mentioned in the US constitution. US constitution trumps all state constitutions.
2007-12-11 06:29:32 · update #2
One of many sheep,
Are you serious? Come on now. You have to support your answer with reasonbale sources. i.e. US constitutional law/history.
2007-12-11 06:32:39 · update #3
K716: In the year of our lord...that is a weak argument. That is simply the way in which years were stated in the late 1700's. Again...our lord does not mean Christian.
Also, Thomas Jefferson is the auther of the Virginia Statute of Religious freedom. In fact...he had that noted on his tombstone. Our gov't was meant to be secular.
2007-12-11 23:38:37 · update #4
Don't know, mate. Many of the founders of your nation were Deists.
Note to St. Francis: The term 'God' does not equate to Christianity. And 'God' is not at all mentioned in your federal Constitution.
Note to Mr. Glass: Many of the founders were men of the Enlightenment and did not take their values from the bible, but from philosophers such as Locke.
2007-12-11 06:19:09 · answer #1 · answered by gortamor 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The United States is claimed to be a Christian nation because of the principles that it was based on. You can claim all you want that the founder's were humanists or deists but they still pulled what they believed to be right and wrong from the teachings of the Bible. They took what they thought was the best part out of scriptures and ran with it.
I do not believe the United States is a Christian nation because of the allowance for all faiths that is protected by the Constitution. This means that the government is free from religion and that the people can worship how they will.
2007-12-11 06:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by mrglass08 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question. I recently traveled to a remote part of India and spoke with some Christans there who said the same thing. This thought of the US being a "Christian Nation" is a global thought; however, Bible does reference this topic (not the way many who claim to be Christian would like either). Here are a couple of examples:
John 18:36 "Jesus answered: 'My kingdom is no part of this world.' (That includes "no part" of the United States.)
1John 5:19 "We know we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the [power of the] wicked one." (The "whole world" includes the United States.)
So what is God's plan for the United States (and other governments)? See the prophesy at Daniel 2:44 "And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite."
Jesus is already King of the Kingdom of God. True Christians belong to that government, but are also respectful of the governments where they reside. (Rom. 13:1)
2007-12-11 06:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by Questions_I_ask 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US was founded based on Christian Principles, regardless of what the "modern day" Liberals would prefer us to think, most of the founding fathers were Christian, many are said to be "Deist" by the current ACLU led crowd, These include Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Although Christianity per se isn't mentioned in any of the founding documents the term "higher power" and many similar terms are used throughout. There are many quotes by many of the founding fathers that attest to this as well.
2007-12-11 07:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jay R 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As far as I've been able to determine, Christians don't think like rational people do. A Christian needs only to believe something and it automatically becomes the truth -- at least in their own eyes. What gets to me is how many Christians prefer to imagine America's founders were Christians. Of course, that's pure unadulterated wishful thinking, but that doesn't stop the "faithful" from twisting the truth into whatever they want it to be. Sometimes I'm almost eager for the eternal oblivion of an atheist's death, just so I won't have to deal with irrational Christians anymore.
2007-12-11 06:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Everyone who signed the Constitution, signed it below these words: "Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names."
For comparison, we now live in the 2007th Year of our Lord.
And everyone who says the majority of the US is a Christian, is correct. 76% of the population is Christian. (Ref. second link below.)
2007-12-11 06:42:16 · answer #6 · answered by kaz716 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have a hard time getting a grip on reality. And, they especially don't like the word secular used in history lessons.
2007-12-11 06:23:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, most Christians are lamenting the loss of the heart that made America the great nation that it is today. If it weren't for those dedicated Christians we wouldn't have the freedoms that we have today. Our freedom of speach and religious freedom came as a result of people determined to escape to a new land where they would not be oppressed by those who tried to force their beliefs on them. Be thankful you have this country and shudder the consequences of loosing the blessings of the one true God who was there making it happen.
2007-12-11 06:28:37 · answer #8 · answered by One of many sheep 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Christianity was mentioned in the constitution, but then was edited out, all but a few of our founding fathers were Christian....It still mentions the fact that there is a Creator...
Also, the first Americans, i.e. the settlers here, were very Christian.
Is it a Christian nation now? Definitely not. I dont think there is such a thing.
2007-12-11 06:18:52 · answer #9 · answered by 2009 time to shine 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
They hope that saying it over and over and over that some how it will magically become true.
A majority of them do not truly understand why church and state need to be separated.
A majority of them have this assumption that their religion and only their religion matters.
If a non-Christian religion was picked I am sure that they would object to it; so why can't they relate the two.
2007-12-11 06:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by Imagine No Religion 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋