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Originally Posted by AB517  I thought it was a place for the euro's to come and practice what ever form they wanted? I thought that was the major reason for sepatration of church and state? A set of rules for all people regardless of the church (or religion)you attend.
well either way, I am so glad they are seprate. |
I'm sure there are many reasons that the separation was created.
I just read someone say that the founders were ambivalent towards religion, but I'm not sure what they meant by this. They were politicians and I'd say all politicians are ambivalent about religion because of the difficulty of applying morality on such a large scale.
I don't know that they saw the country as a Christian nation per se, but obviously they realized this is a strongly Christian culture. Many of the founders may have been Deists rather than Theists, but they still were Christians that agreed with the basic beliefs and moral ideals of Christianity.
I'm pretty sure they weren't trying to create a secular nation as we understand it today.