Christians do not even agree so why should anyone else? I have done a lot of research and yes most of the common uneducated people were Christian whereas the educated and the founding fathers were either Deists or Humanists.
As for the OP, yes, Christian themes are common in societies, like America, where a majority of the population is Christian. So it is not surprising that American historical buildings have Judeo-Christian themes in them.
If you've done a lot of research then you'd know that it really wasn't that simple at all. The educated have been a mix of believers, skeptics, skeptical believers, atheists, agnostics, and so on for thousands of years.
It is false to say that all the founding fathers were Christian, and it is also false to say that most educated people were either Deists or Humanists. There was much more to it, and it was much more complicated than a simple a=1 and b=2.
As for the OP, yes, Christian themes are common in societies, like America, where a majority of the population is Christian. So it is not suprising that American historical buildings have Judeo-Christian themes in them.
I've gotten gigged for less than that. Unless you were talking about the "boy" icon.I doubt it Teddy. As long as you have a certain icon, you can get away with what you want around here.
Folks who say things like "America is a christian nation" and "America's laws are founded on christian principles" are the victims of propaganda & misinformation. I'd do my "more to be pitied than scorned" routine, but they're screwin' up my country!Exactly. Why some people thinks this translates into the structure of our government being built on a Judeo Christian governmental structure is beyond me.
... I do believe there is a clause in our consitution that states a separation between the church and state.
We would do well to enforce it,
. . . leaving a secular government that let the citizens of the country practice whichever religion or/and folly-filled thinking that tickles their fancy.
Where? The Constitution says nothing about a speration of Church and Stae, but it details how government cannot silence or impede religion.
Enforce what?
Practice, speak about, gather in any number and talk about, or print any form of literature about a religion, that cannot be oppressed or silenced BY anyone or anything by the protection of the constitution?
Psst, hint, it's the very first "right" mentioned and guaranteed.
It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!--Patrick Henry
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Funny fundie, Who is this nebulous "they" you accuse of hating the first amendment?
You are correct as to the makeup of the country at the time of its founding and I should have stated that majorities of each tended to lean one way or the other not 100% thereof.
The people that hate the First Amendment are those people who try to have things like a monument of the Ten Commandments removed from the Foyer of a courthouse. They hate the First Amendment so much that they want that Amendment changed and re-worded so that they may have that monument removed without interference.
So you are now saying that people around the founding of our nation were not the secularists you claimed they were on the First Page of this thread. Is that correct? Or are they all still secularists?
If they changed from being secularists to Christians, may I ask what brought about this change?
So you are now saying that people around the founding of our nation were not the secularists you claimed they were on the First Page of this thread. Is that correct? Or are they all still secularists?
If they changed from being secularists to Christians, may I ask what brought about this change?
Where? The Constitution says nothing about a speration of Church and Stae, but it details how government cannot silence or impede religion.
So you are now saying that people around the founding of our nation were not the secularists you claimed they were on the First Page of this thread. Is that correct? Or are they all still secularists?
If they changed from being secularists to Christians, may I ask what brought about this change?
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