Proof in writing that this country was not founded on any religion.

[Crepitus]

All the conservative types are always talking about a christian nation and christian values, well it turns out that this isn't and never was a christian nation, at least according to the authors of the Tripoli treaty.

It states very clearly that the nation is not in any was founded on the christian religion in the words of John Adams himself.

You would think that this would remove all doubt, but as the short thread on the same subject that was so helpfully closed showed us, there are still plenty of folks who will argue the point.

Tell us, why do you think they would write this if it's not true?

 

[Oddball]

There is no unitary "the Christian religion".

You think that gaslighting was invented by you shitlibs?

 

[Stryder50]

All the conservative types are always talking about a christian nation and christian values, well it turns out that this isn't and never was a christian nation, at least according to the authors of the Tripoli treaty.

It states very clearly that the nation is not in any was founded on the christian religion in the words of John Adams himself.

You would think that this would remove all doubt, but as the short thread on the same subject that was so helpfully closed showed us, there are still plenty of folks who will argue the point.

Tell us, why do you think they would write this if it's not true?


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Authors were one side of an ongoing debate of the times, and ever since.
As for your copy-paste; Linky -

Treaty didn't last long;
...
The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the Barbary Wars, in which the United States and Sweden fought against Tripolitania. Tripolitania had declared war against Sweden and the United States over disputes regarding tributary payments made by both states in exchange for a cessation of Tripolitanian commerce raiding at sea. United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800.[5] The First Barbary War was the first major American war fought outside the New World, and in the Arab world.[6][7]
...

First Barbary War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[theHawk]

All the conservative types are always talking about a christian nation and christian values, well it turns out that this isn't and never was a christian nation, at least according to the authors of the Tripoli treaty.

It states very clearly that the nation is not in any was founded on the christian religion in the words of John Adams himself.

You would think that this would remove all doubt, but as the short thread on the same subject that was so helpfully closed showed us, there are still plenty of folks who will argue the point.

Tell us, why do you think they would write this if it's not true?


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You appear to be conflating “the nation” with “the government”.

 

[HikerGuy83]

All the conservative types are always talking about a christian nation and christian values, well it turns out that this isn't and never was a christian nation, at least according to the authors of the Tripoli treaty.

It states very clearly that the nation is not in any was founded on the christian religion in the words of John Adams himself.

You would think that this would remove all doubt, but as the short thread on the same subject that was so helpfully closed showed us, there are still plenty of folks who will argue the point.

Tell us, why do you think they would write this if it's not true?


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So what ?

 

[IM2]

This is neither a Christian nation or government.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

All the conservative types are always talking about a christian nation and christian values, well it turns out that this isn't and never was a christian nation, at least according to the authors of the Tripoli treaty.

It states very clearly that the nation is not in any was founded on the christian religion in the words of John Adams himself.

You would think that this would remove all doubt, but as the short thread on the same subject that was so helpfully closed showed us, there are still plenty of folks who will argue the point.

Tell us, why do you think they would write this if it's not true?


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Conservatives will of course ignore the truth and continue to lie about the Unites States being a ‘Christian’ nation.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Conservatives will of course ignore the truth and continue to lie about the Unites States being a ‘Christian’ nation.

jones shut the fuck up....you are a hypocrite....what someone like you thinks is irrelevant....

 

[Crepitus]

Authors were one side of an ongoing debate of the times, and ever since.
As for your copy-paste; Linky -

Treaty didn't last long;
...
The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the Barbary Wars, in which the United States and Sweden fought against Tripolitania. Tripolitania had declared war against Sweden and the United States over disputes regarding tributary payments made by both states in exchange for a cessation of Tripolitanian commerce raiding at sea. United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800.[5] The First Barbary War was the first major American war fought outside the New World, and in the Arab world.[6][7]
...

First Barbary War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

All that's nice and stuff but really doesn't change my post. There was no "ongoing debate" at the time. The USA is not a christian nation, it is a secular nation.

 

[Crepitus]

You appear to be conflating “the nation” with “the government”.

LOL!!!

 

[Crepitus]

Conservatives will of course ignore the truth and continue to lie about the Unites States being a ‘Christian’ nation.

They are doing it as we speak.

 

[Crepitus]

jones shut the fuck up....you are a hypocrite....what someone like you thinks is irrelevant....

^what's got this fella's panties in a wad?

 

[HikerGuy83]

They are doing it as we speak.

You don't speak.

You fart.

 

[Harry Dresden]

^what's got this fella's panties in a wad?

are you defending jones this week?.....

 

[theHawk]

LOL!!!

It must suck to have your stupidity pointed out for all to see.

 

[theHawk]

All that's nice and stuff but really doesn't change my post. There was no "ongoing debate" at the time. The USA is not a christian nation, it is a secular nation.

LOL more lies. The Founding Fathers endlessly debated about almost everything.
Thomas Jefferson was a big advocate to leave religion out of the government. John Adams and others believed belief in God was essential for a functioning democracy. Of course it turned out Jefferson was bedding a slave girl from the time she was 14, so you can see why he wasn’t the biggest fan of religion. And this is the man you pin all of your beliefs on?

 

[Crepitus]

You don't speak.

You fart.

I hear there's a vaccine for that now.

 

[Crepitus]

are you defending jones this week?.....

I'm asking a question.

Surely you've heard of them?

 

[Harry Dresden]

I'm asking a question.

Surely you've heard of them?

you were not asking me,so i asked you a question......

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

All the conservative types are always talking about a christian nation and christian values, well it turns out that this isn't and never was a christian nation, at least according to the authors of the Tripoli treaty.

It states very clearly that the nation is not in any was founded on the christian religion in the words of John Adams himself.

You would think that this would remove all doubt, but as the short thread on the same subject that was so helpfully closed showed us, there are still plenty of folks who will argue the point.

Tell us, why do you think they would write this if it's not true?


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That was an attempt at APPEASEMENT. Did you read the date? Did you read the context?

This was 1797.

In 1801 we went to war against the "musselmen"

First Barbary War, (1801–05), conflict between the United States and Tripoli (now in Libya), incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. This practice had been customary among European nations and the nascent United States in exchange for immunity from attack on merchant vessels in the Mediterranean.