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Originally Posted by Faydwyn  It was not founded that way. It was set up so that one could worship as she chooses (or not at all) and so that government was secular. Our “founding fathers” did not want a Christian nation, just as they did not want one person to have all the power. From this perspective, the U.S. is not a Christian nation, but a secular one. Therefore, the argument of the Christian Right that this is inherently a Christian nation is false.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t worked out that way and the safeguards that are in place are eroding due to actions taken by later generations including our own. Yes, the U.S. is better than Iran, for instance, because we aren’t forced to be religious. However, this country is not secular. Most Americans are Christian; and religion, Christianity in particular, is supported by the government. |
This was my original intent of the term "Christian Nation." Many people say we were founded as a Christian nation, but we were founded by people escaping religious tyranny. Though they also managed to commit crimes in the name of "my religion is right and yours is wrong", the powers that came to be were smart enough to realize rules needed to be made that prevented this country from having an established religion. Unfortunately, too many sheep nowadays want to baa their way into overturning those rules and establishing a theocracy... based on their religion of course.
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