whutTHEYsay
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You brought up the establishment clause in post #3 and keep bringing it up as if it’s the only thing you know about the founding of America. It more Demonstrates that America was founded as an enlightened multicultural nation and not founded as the Christian nation you desire to be true.
#2
You really cannot refute that a “very non-Christian influence engaged the minds of many of Colonial America’s leaders” can you? So your cockamamie argument devolved into the establishment made America a Christian Nation because half the states had a state religion when the establishment clause was ratified.
#3
Would you please explain why and how what you said in post #3 refutes the possibility that multiculturalism was prevalent before and when the Constitution was written. Those many critical leaders that were Deists and quite skeptical of “revealed religions” such as Christianity were not living the same culture as those that sat in pews on Sunday’s and sang Protestant Christian Hymns.
Your claim was the establishment clause proved...
America was founded as an enlightened multicultural Nation
It's the freaking title of the thread.
#221 reply to 220
You brought up the establishment clause in post #3 and keep bringing it up as if it’s the only thing you know about the founding of America. It more Demonstrates that America was founded as an enlightened multicultural nation and not founded as the Christian nation you desire to be true.
#2
Yes, Christian settlers came to the New World with leaders such as Governor Winthrop to set up a Christian government tied to the British Crown.
All true, but one century later - an European and very non-Christian influence engaged the minds of many of Colonial America’s leaders who led during the Revolution and the founding of the United States of America.
You really cannot refute that a “very non-Christian influence engaged the minds of many of Colonial America’s leaders” can you? So your cockamamie argument devolved into the establishment made America a Christian Nation because half the states had a state religion when the establishment clause was ratified.
#3
The establishment clause was written expressly to prevent the federal government from interfering with state established religions of which half the state had at the time of ratification. All of which were based upon Christianity. The belief in multiculturalism at the time of founding is a pipe dream.
Would you please explain why and how what you said in post #3 refutes the possibility that multiculturalism was prevalent before and when the Constitution was written. Those many critical leaders that were Deists and quite skeptical of “revealed religions” such as Christianity were not living the same culture as those that sat in pews on Sunday’s and sang Protestant Christian Hymns.