re: In God We Trust now under attack..

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Our nation was most certainly built on Christian principles and ideals. However, they tolerated other religions because America was for those who want to escape religious persecution.

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Binary thought is annoying.

Of COURSE most of the “Founding Fathers” were Christian, at least nominally. Of COURSE the underlying culture from which they came was largely Christian.

At the same time, it is EQUALLY clear that the actual governing principles were a product of Enlightenment thinking ... not Christian theocracy.

It is like a Reese’s peanut butter cup. We get the benefit of both, even if the STRUCTURE is substantially more Enlightenment than theocracy.