Bullypulpit
Senior Member
Joz said:And whether you want to accept it or not, our nation may be a melting pot of religions but the nation was founded in man's understanding of Christian principles.
<blockquote>"The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves...these clergy, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Christ." - Thomas Jefferson</blockquote>
<blockquote>"The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." - John Adams</blockquote>
<blockquote>"What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society? In many instances they have been upholding the thrones of political tyranny. In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy." - James Madison</blockquote>
Just a few brief examples of the Founding Father's views on religion. But read as you might, there is no explicit mention of any laws but man's laws in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. These documents were based upon progressive, liberal thought, and nowhere else in the world, at that time, and rarely since, do you find a nation established on the principles as laid down in these documents. The assertion that America was founded on "Christian" principles is unsupported by the facts of the matter. It is nothing more than historical revision to make that assertion.