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America were Christians and our laws ? were based on Christian values?
a commonality of the time when the constitution was written...

This exhibition demonstrates that many of the colonies that in 1776 became the United States of America were settled by men and women of deep religious convictions who in the seventeenth century crossed the Atlantic Ocean to practice their faith freely.

Many of the British North American colonies that eventually formed the United States of America were settled in the seventeenth century by men and women, who, in the face of European persecution, refused to compromise passionately held religious convictions and fled Europe.

Religion played a major role in the American Revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the British--an assurance to the average American that revolution was justified in the sight of God.

The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men.

Many states were as explicit about the need for a thriving religion as Congress was in its thanksgiving and fast day proclamations.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/religion.html
 
Um...

Have you ever heard of "separation of church and state"? Oh, that sounds Christian.

By the way, the most famous American Doctrine, the Constitution, was written by DEISTS, namely Benjamin Franklin and others, which is hardly the same thing as Christianity. By claiming that such a great, working document is the product of Christianity is ridiculous.

Besides, America was built based on the foundation of RELIGIOUS freedom, and the last thing the writers wanted was to become hyprocrites to what they preached. They wanted to get away from a forced religion. By saying what you did, you claim that they were trying to enforce Christianity. Of course, that's wrong.
 
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."

I think many of my fellow atheists conventiently forget the part about prohibiting the free exercise thereof part. Unfortunately many so-called atheists have an axe to grind with religion and get carried away.
 
Yes.. and the reason that there is separation of church and state was and is to protect the church from the state. These people came from religious persecution from the government and wanted to protect the freedom to worship.
 
It is rather upsetting for you to make the assumption that only an Atheist would believe the United States weren't brought up according to Christian values.

Let's put it like this: Prior to Christianity, many rules applied that still are applied now. In fact, almost all of the 10 commandments are in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which was a Pagan belief that dated years prior to the Old Testament. So claiming that the laws were strictly Christian, then you are wrong - because a great deal of the laws in the Bible can be found in other earlier religions and societies.

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." Article 11, Treaty of Tripoli

A fair amount of those who traveled to the United States in those times were fleeing countries were they intermingled politics and religion, and when coming to the United States they aimed to keep a separation. Why would people aiming to escape and gain religious freedom, go to a country being brought up on a certain belief? That would be rather pointless, do you not agree?

Now, this isn't saying that any of these people weren't religious. Someone can be religious and be against the joining of church and state. In fact, a significant amount of the Founding Fathers were known to be Christians, Deists, and possibly Agnostic.

I will list a website for you to view in my sources, and hopefully you will become educated on the topic. Best of luck to you.
 
The pilgrims in the 1600s had little to do with colonists in the late 1700s. Do you have the same beliefs as your great- great- great-grandparents?

It was about POLITICAL freedom from England. They weren't having religious turmoil at that time period. Just taxation problems.

And the ideas were derivative of DEIST ENLIGHTENMENT ideals, not from Christianity.

All men are created equal came from John Locke.
 
Our government was found on the principles of secularism. Chruch and State are seperate
 
While many were deeply religious (various forms of Christianity, Deism and other beliefs), they still had the foresight to realize that the state and religion should not be mixed. The ideas that they incorporated into the forming of this state were taken from a wide variety of sources, not just Christianity, and in fact very little from it.

You should also consider that if we could travel back to that time, you would likely be considered a vile sinner or a heretic by the Christians of that time. Just as you would consider many of their beliefs as strongly immoral.
 
Thankfully, many of the leaders were not chained to their religion, and we, over 200 years later, know better than those traumatized colonists.
 
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