Well, I'm a bit like ERocc in that I have a hard time seeing a direct connection. There are too many Commandments that are simply ignored in our legal system, and other Commandments such as not stealing or killing that I think any civilized society must have. On the other hand, I do think that Christian principles influenced a great deal of what they wrote and believed more generally. Particularly in the Declaration of Independence.There isn't anything in the Declaration that couldn't have been written by a Deist who rejected the divinity of Christ. Which isn't suprising, since one wrote it.
-Eric
Since he happily plagarized the preamble from Scottish Presbyterians.
Cordially,