“Believing with you that relgion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other forhis faith or his worship, that the legitimate power of government reach actions only, & not opinion…thus building a wall of separation between Church & State” (Thomas Jefferson). There has been a separating between the church and the state and yet knowing that some people still believe that we are a Christian Nation. Some of the most important founding fathers where deist, therefore, our nation is not a Christian nation, although some people might find that it is. Through out the years, there have been several discussion on whether we are or are not a Christian nation. A great example of this would be David Barton who says that indeed we are a Chrisstian nation and that the “facts” to prove it go back to the foudnign doctuments and the letters our founding fathers wrote.
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If you carefully read the letters you can clearly see that he removes some information that would prove him wrong. Does this tell you anything? This nation has not been a Christian nation and is not a Christian nation. Several people argue that we are a Christian nation because we live by Christian Principles, ten amendments, this Christian principles are common sense and are thing that we have to obey by law. Some people say that the Puritans an the Pilgrims were Christians as well. But, at that time the Purtians as well as the Pilgrims where escaping from the Roman Catholic Religion which were discriminate against them. In 1776 the United States got its Independence from Britain which is when they started to make their establishment. They wanted to make sure that they had separation of state and church because of the previous experiences they had obtained. Our first president, George Washington, was a deist, he was not very enthusiastic about religion. According to ForaTv, “When he went to church but when the minister complained that he was not taking communion he decided to not attend church. He also did not kneel befoe Jesus or called upon a minister at the time of his death” (qtd. in ForaTv). He was one of the presidents and founding fathers who was not a christians on the contrar he was a deist. Like George Washington there were other founding fathers that there deist to such as : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Bejamin Franklin and Thomas Paine. Several people declare that we had founding fathers that were indeed Christians, but they were not as important or influential in this time period as this were. Our third president which was Thomas Jefferson was a logical man. He was one of the most extremist deist at the time. In the Jefferson bible, “…[he] left out the miracles and any suggestion that Jesus is God. The virgin birth is gone. So is Jesus walkign on water, multiplying the loaves and fishes and raising lazarus from the dead…There is no resurrection, no Easter Sunday…”(Carlson , par.6). According to Rachel Lubbe he was a deist and believed, “philosophy of reason that has been set forth and… he expresses his enlightment view” (qtd. in Lubbe). Indeed he did make his own bible but this does
If you carefully read the letters you can clearly see that he removes some information that would prove him wrong. Does this tell you anything? This nation has not been a Christian nation and is not a Christian nation. Several people argue that we are a Christian nation because we live by Christian Principles, ten amendments, this Christian principles are common sense and are thing that we have to obey by law. Some people say that the Puritans an the Pilgrims were Christians as well. But, at that time the Purtians as well as the Pilgrims where escaping from the Roman Catholic Religion which were discriminate against them. In 1776 the United States got its Independence from Britain which is when they started to make their establishment. They wanted to make sure that they had separation of state and church because of the previous experiences they had obtained. Our first president, George Washington, was a deist, he was not very enthusiastic about religion. According to ForaTv, “When he went to church but when the minister complained that he was not taking communion he decided to not attend church. He also did not kneel befoe Jesus or called upon a minister at the time of his death” (qtd. in ForaTv). He was one of the presidents and founding fathers who was not a christians on the contrar he was a deist. Like George Washington there were other founding fathers that there deist to such as : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Bejamin Franklin and Thomas Paine. Several people declare that we had founding fathers that were indeed Christians, but they were not as important or influential in this time period as this were. Our third president which was Thomas Jefferson was a logical man. He was one of the most extremist deist at the time. In the Jefferson bible, “…[he] left out the miracles and any suggestion that Jesus is God. The virgin birth is gone. So is Jesus walkign on water, multiplying the loaves and fishes and raising lazarus from the dead…There is no resurrection, no Easter Sunday…”(Carlson , par.6). According to Rachel Lubbe he was a deist and believed, “philosophy of reason that has been set forth and… he expresses his enlightment view” (qtd. in Lubbe). Indeed he did make his own bible but this does