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The word “Christian” technically refers only to those who in repentance and faith cling to the righteousness of a crucified and risen Christ alone. The US was not built on this, and does not pretend in its Constitution to make this its foundation. It is a wider foundation of natural law and revealed law upon which we practice order and civility.

In homeschooling my children several years back, I learned again and again how much the many forefathers who indeed called themselves Christians relied on Godly priciples and their faith in God as they committed their lives and fortunes to the establishment of a Nation under God but not under the thumb of any religious organization. Many of these Christians were the framers of our Constitution and independence from the King of England.

Ungodly politicians were at work during this time also, just as they certainly have been until this day. The early Christian patriots wound up agreeing with politicians to a schizophrenic manner of government that eventually would produce a war between the States.

To deny this country was founded largely by people called Christians is a mistake and refutation of what actually happened.

Not sure how the numbers play out in terms of specifically Christian founders. The people, however, were indeed keen on the principles iterated in the second table of the Ten Commandments. These ought remain as our guiding light in the way of civil law. But obedience rendered to them by unbelievers is simply a curb on chaos. Not a bad thing.

Today, as always, there are elements intent on chaos, disobedience, confusion, androgyny, and all the evil one would spread as he “owns” the world for but a short time.

Congratulations for home schooling your children. In this age, just keeping them out of public schools may be a service to society. God bless you, your family, and all whom you serve according to His mercies in Christ Jesus. That which is distinctly Christian is also hidden under a cross, as we walk by faith and not by sight. The Christian faith is not about power and might, but about service under the Almighty Who has prepared and ushered in a new creation through His Son, through Whom and by Whom all things were made.