The U.S. was not founded as a Christian nation. (Deists, America)

[The Voice of Reason]

Originally Posted by oldcajun

President John Adams, founder, said: "Our Constitution is for a moral and religious people."

He also once said "Pass the salt, Damnit!"

They both have the same bearing on the topic at hand. They are both anecdotal, and provide evidence of absolutely nothing.

[Popeyesays]

Originally Posted by oldcajun

The beginning and end of the Declaration of Independence, it's recognition of GOD and the signers who recognized GOD personally by signing the same. This is not a generic GOD, it is the GOD of the Bible.

Very pretty, but there is one problem: The Declaration of Indepence is not a founding document, nor an article of law.

The first founding document weas The Articles of Confederation.
The Avalon Project : Articles of Confederation

This document makes no mention of God or religion at all.

The Articles were completely superceded by the Constitution.
The Avalon Project : U.S. Constitution

The constitution does not mention God at all, relion only in the first ammendment when it carefully cuts religion out of politics.

The Declaration was apolitical manifesto and has no place in law.

Regards,

Scott

[Father Heathen]

Oldcajun, you need to head back to school and brush up on your history, kid.

Here, let me help you out: Is America a Christian Nation?

[Kcnorwood]

There is nothing in the Declaration of Independence does it mention the Christian God. The Declaration of Independence does not represent any law of the United States.The mentioning of God in the Declaration does not describe the personal God of Christianity. Thomas Jefferson who held deist beliefs, wrote the majority of the Declaration. The Declaration describes "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." This nature's view of God agrees with deist philosophy and might even appeal to those of pantheistical beliefs, but any attempt to use the Declaration as a support for Christianity will fail for this reason alone. It came before the establishment of our lawful government (the Constitution). The Declaration aimed at announcing the separation of America from Great Britain and it listed the various grievances with them.


Sorry to burst your bubble oldcajun but it's just wishiful thinking on your part.