Is the U.S. a Christian Nation?

Is the U.S. a Christian Nation?

In a 2007 interview with beliefnet.com, John McCain stated that “the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.” While some were encouraged by McCain's words, others took great offense, reigniting a passionate debate about the intentions of America’s founders. Was the U.S. built on Christian principles, or are we a purely secular nation?

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  • KitG
    American State is not Biblically based

    Republics and democracy are not biblical concepts. The Biblical form of government is monarchy. We rejected that in our revolution. Everyone's favourite word 'disestablishmentarianism' describes our revolution. The The Christian religion was disestablished at our revolution. Even before the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution there was the clause forbidding religious tests.

    We get our democratic traditions from the Greek/Roman world. We do not get it from the Bible. The good example is the Ten Commandments. Two of the ten coincide with our legal history and those two coincide with all legal traditions. The parts about not coveting are in direct contrast to American democracy.

    - KitGUS October 1, 2008 8:38PM

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  • oneoldman
    Some cannot read

    The framers of the constitution and our united states were mostly anti-christen. Don't argue at me I only told the truth, if you don't believe it read read read.

    - oneoldmanUS July 20, 2009 4:03PM

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