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Was America founded on or meant to be Christian?
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<blockquote data-quote="WirSindBettler" data-source="post: 67059144" data-attributes="member: 373839"><p>Many of the founding fathers had a great deal of respect for Christianity, though few and far between were what we would today deem Christian (with most floating between Unitarianism and Deism, and, as stated before, it can be acknowledged that early americans were Christians coming from Christian civilization with laws to reflect that.</p><p></p><p>"The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence, were [...] the general principles of Christianity, in which all those sects were united, and the general principles of English and American liberty, in which all those young men united, and which had united all parties in America, in majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her independence."</p><p>- John Adams, 1813 Letter</p><p></p><p>"Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand."</p><p>- John Adams, 1776 Letter</p><p></p><p>"Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports."</p><p>- George Washington, Farewell Address</p><p></p><p>It should be again noted that neither of these men here quoted would qualify as Christians today. Washington, though Episcopalian, was heavily involved with Deism, and Adams was a stout Unitarian who denied the divinity of Christ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WirSindBettler, post: 67059144, member: 373839"] Many of the founding fathers had a great deal of respect for Christianity, though few and far between were what we would today deem Christian (with most floating between Unitarianism and Deism, and, as stated before, it can be acknowledged that early americans were Christians coming from Christian civilization with laws to reflect that. "The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence, were [...] the general principles of Christianity, in which all those sects were united, and the general principles of English and American liberty, in which all those young men united, and which had united all parties in America, in majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her independence." - John Adams, 1813 Letter "Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand." - John Adams, 1776 Letter "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports." - George Washington, Farewell Address It should be again noted that neither of these men here quoted would qualify as Christians today. Washington, though Episcopalian, was heavily involved with Deism, and Adams was a stout Unitarian who denied the divinity of Christ. [/QUOTE]
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