You are twisting yourself into knots attempting to reach for something that does not exist.
You and I agree that the term Christian is not in the founding documents, however, any claim that the founders did not believe Christianity to be a founding principal and guide for our republic is simply not sustained by the writings of the founders.
Those who have falsely claimed, for example, that the Bible cannot be read in public schools are either ignorant of the founders writings, or are intentionally misreading the Constitution.
Ben Rush, who penned the words “shall pass no law either respecting.....etc”, later wrote that the Bible should NEVER be removed from public education.
I hope we do agree on this: The intent in the founding documents, and the message in Jefferson’s letter was to assure that the United States would never had an OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT mandated religion, such as was the case in England with the Church of England.
“I hope we do agree on this: The intent in the founding documents, and the message in Jefferson’s letter was to assure that the United States would never had an OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT mandated religion, such as was the case in England with the Church of England.”
No, the intent of the founding fathers was to not have a government who has any type of endorsement, preferential treatment, or establishment of ANY religion, regardless as to whether it’s Christian or not.
They understood that Deists were very powerful at the time. They didn’t want their control over the nation either. They understood that religious endoctrination of any kind was self-defeating.
Again, I will go back to the original documents. Christianity was NOT found in the original Constitution and for good reason. No, Christianity wasn’t the only founding principles of the United States. The framing fathers were extremely intelligent. They knew there were inherent flaws in existing Christian legal system. It was far from perfect as Britain was clear evidence of the massive amounts of corrupt and mis-appropriated power that was prevalent there.