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re: Do you believe that the United States was founded as a Christian Nation?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:48 pm to EthanL
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:48 pm to EthanL
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Christian ideals are not encompassed in the Constitution, or the by-laws of this nation. Some are based purely on Universal rights. But not Christianity
What the heck are "universal rights?" I believe that is a modern phrase. The term the founders used was "natural rights" which do derive from christian political philosophy at least as far back as Aquinas.
That said, that hardly makes the US a "Christian Nation." More like a nation founded in ideas like freedom and rights. Those ideas have an origin in christian political thought, but are at least two steps removed.
And it would hardly be "pure christian" thought since it was highly influenced by the Greeks (and others).
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:57 pm to BigJim
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The term the founders used was "natural rights" which do derive from christian political philosophy at least as far back as Aquinas.
natural rights theory doesn't derive from christian political philosophy. socrates predates christ by 400 years, and he didn't make it up either. hellenistic christian writers certainly used a lot of the same language and concepts as the greek natural law theorists and employed hebrew natural law philosophy/theology. but to say natural rights derive from Aquinas misses the big picture.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 4:58 pm
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