Posted on 09/14/2007 2:48:36 PM PDT by wagglebee
And so would every one of the Founding Fathers.
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They did. They also probably intended it to be a Protestant nation.
Maybe Christian-influenced documents (maybe), and they do seem to refer to the Christian God, but calling them Christian documents goes to far--opinion.
I would think that most of them were Protestant and probably favored Protestantism, though there were two Catholics. For certain, none of them opposed the fact that Maryland had a very large Catholic population.
Good points.
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Where does the Constitution refer to the Christian God?
“A majority of Americans believe the nation’s founders intended the United States to be a Christian nation”
A rare instance where the majority of Americans have it right.
If they were Christian documents, you’d expect them to use the term Christ or Jesus. Rather, they use the term Creator.I believe the documents were based on Judeo-Christian principles, but do not call us a Christian nation, per se.
The founding fathers absolutely built this nation on JUDEO/Christian principles.
It is discouraging in the article that freedom of religion wasn’t one of the First Amendment rights that could be remembered! :(
I agree, but it could also be said that ALL Christian principles are Judeo-Christian principles (though not necessarily Jewish principles for obvious reasons).
There's zero reference to Christianity, with the sole mention of any sort of deity of "In the Year of Our Lord 1787" at the end above the signatures, which is pretty much standard document boilerplate for the times.
When I was in school, Catholic High School, we were taught Biblical History. Not the Bible, in that class, but the history of Biblical times. The reason being is to teach why things were done as professed in the Bible. Good education and helped us understand a lot of things.
Why do people do polls to ask what people’s opinion about a historical fact? It is a fact, not something to ask a bunch of public school educated knuckleheads about.
(Deuteronomy 32:39) 'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. (Isaiah 44:6) "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me. (Isaiah 44:8) 'Do not tremble and do not be afraid; Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it? And you are My witnesses Is there any God besides Me, Or is there any other Rock? I know of none.'" (Isaiah 45:5) "I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God I will gird you, though you have not known Me; (Isaiah 45:6) That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other, (Isaiah 45:21) "Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me.
They founded a Federal Republic founded on Christian principles. Moreover, it was the states, not the federal government, that were the important part of the early Republic. The federal government was established as an agent of the states to perform a few functions, and the last thing the states wanted was for the federal government to create a national church like the Church of England. The states already had established churches or other religious settlements and didn’t want the federal government interfering. For example, the Congregational Church was the established church in Massachusetts until 1833.
And which of the Founding Fathers would you say was opposed to Christian principles and sought to keep them out of the Constitution?
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