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Voted : Yes Same with almost all western countries. The U.S. is largely a mainstream Christian nation, NOT founded on the extremist principles of fundamentalist, Evangelical Christians. Somebody needs to re-read their history lessons. The above quote is correct. Our nation was founded on Christian principals. If you don't believe in God, then that's your loss and your problem, but don't be ignorant about how and why the pilgrims founded this great nation of ours. Voted : No The United States Government DOES NOT support or advocate ANY religion. The is not official or state religion. Most Americans are of the Christian faith, so in that regard we are a mostly Christian nation, just as the country of Iraq is a Muslim nation. In America ALL religions are considered equal. The Government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian religion. John Adams - 2nd President of the US
by Steelhamster
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Principles (loosely defined) of the Judeo-Christian faiths? Perhaps. Based on Christian faith and beliefs directly? No. Many of the founding fathers were deists, not Christians. They specifically avoided putting into law many things which would have established some sort of state religion. Voted : Yes Not directly, but, as far as I know, all of the founding fathers were Christian, and, if we accept that one's religion has at least some effect on one's morals, then, yeah, it is.
by himself809
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Yes, and sort of. We obviously are a predominately christian nation. Especially back then, but even today the majority are christian. That's simply a matter of demographics and cannot be disputed. Founded on christian ideals, depends. We are obviously heavily influenced by christianity, although the founders intentionally did not designate this as our official religion and quite wisely left such matters up to individuals. But many of our notions of what constitute right or wrong are influenced by the majority religion. For instance, we do not believe it is necessary to chop someones hand off for stealing as some religions do, probably in part because christ did not teach this. If he had we might have included that in our laws. "all of the founding fathers were Christian," No, this is an erroneous belief. I can provide proof if you like. That'd be good, thanks. I was just sort-of assuming that since most of the founding fathers you hear about were Christians, the others were probably too. I think I remember somewhere that Thomas Jefferson was an atheist, not too sure though.
by himself809
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Voted : No The Founding Fathers were deists, not Christians. Many of the principles they state in the Declaration of Independence and Preamble to the Constitution are not Biblical. However, it is fair to argue that the first settlers were Christians and came fleeing religious persecution. So, if you focus on the founding documents, then America was not founded on Christian principles, but if you focus on the religions of the first settlers, then it is. So, there you have it. The Founding Fathers were deists, not Christians. Many of the principles they state in the Declaration of Independence and Preamble to the Constitution are not Biblical. However, it is fair to argue that the first settlers were Christians and came fleeing religious persecution. So, if you focus on the founding documents, then America was not founded on Christian principles, but if you focus on the religions of the first settlers, then it is. So, there you have it. Also, the majority religions in the United States are Christian.
by margaret123
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Voted : No President George W. Bush NEVER said this! He NEVER said the USA is a christian nation. No President has ever said anything like that! I will concede that President Bush (43) may have said that the USA is a nation that was founded upon "JUDEO-CHRISTIAN" Principles. It's certain that it wasn't founded upon Islamic Principles. Mr. Tode: Actually, Islam and Christianity have much in common. A watershed document for both faiths is the Jewish account of creation through Abraham.
by margaret123
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Tode, if you google: +bush "the united states is a christian nation founded upon christian principles" you will find that these words came from the lips of George W. Bush's mouth. I don't know in what context, though. The truth will set you free Tode
by Steelhamster
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Voted : Comment Applerod: I "Googled" it as you suggested... and it failed to identify any reliable media source for the comment. Consequently, the ONLY determination that can be made is that the aforementioned quote is TOTAL B.S. margaret123: Point taken, however, it doesn't change the fact that the USA was not established on Islamic principles. Steelhamster: You're correct. I've investigated as suggested... and found no merit to the assertion that President Bush (43) ever made such a statement. Therefore, the truth has set me free to denounce you. Voted : No Wasn't it about being allowed to worship in the manner one saw fit? Voted : No Many of the Founding Fathers were Unitarians, who are not necessarily Christian. Voted : No While many of the Founding Fathers were Christians, they also realized that in order to have freedom of religion, it was necessary to be tolerant of all religions, even ones not their own.
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