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re: Do you believe that the United States was founded as a Christian Nation?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:56 pm to mouton
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:56 pm to mouton
While there were some diests, there were many Christians, however, the did not "found a Christian nation". They started a secular nation without an established religion and specifically allowed for religious freedom. They knew what religion and religious intolerance had done to Europe and specifically their mother nation England.
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:05 pm to cwill
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They started a secular nation without an established religion and specifically allowed for religious freedom. They knew what religion and religious intolerance had done to Europe and specifically their mother nation England.
I agree, with some explication of "secular" as you use it. They did not intend for government to have no religious connection, nor did they intend for government to be anti-religious or a-religious. They merely expected that government would not support a religion. And by support I don't mean have a statue of Jesus or a copy of the Ten Commandments somewhere in the vicinity of a government office.
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