A Simple Question
I have a very simple question.
To anyone that wants to argue that the United States is a Christian nation or founded upon the Christian religion, I ask you this:
Q. Where in our Constitution does it acknowledge or state that the U.S. relies upon the Judeo-Christian God, Christianity, or Christian morality?
A. It doesn't. Period. God is not mentioned once. Religion appears exactly twice, once in Article VI where the "no religious test" prohibition is articulated, and once in the First Amendment prohibiting the establishment of any religion.
Now, if an entire Constitutional Convention comprised of 55 delegates from 12 states, laboring for 2.5 months, sought to "establish a Christian nation," it would stand to reason that our Constitution would be more reflective of the alleged Christian establishment than a document devoid of reference to the Judeo-Christian God and explicitly banning any establishment, requirement, or reliance upon any "religion" which, by definition, includes Christianity.
Or did they just forget to add that part in?
Of course, there have been multiple attempts to amend our Constitution to explicitly include Christianity: In 1863, 1874, 1896, 1910, 1954, 1962, and 1998. All have failed.
Q. So where is the Christian God?
A. NOT in the U.S. Constitution.
So, what is the evidence that this country is a "Christian nation" or in any way "founded upon the Christian religion"?
Labels: atheism, Christianity Bad, political ignorance, religious fiction, religious liberty, separation of church and state, U.S. Constitution
posted by Becca at 18:16
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Hey, Becca.
You said:
>And the "empirical evidence" supporting the claim of the immaculate conception is . . . what? None<
Just a minor point, but the "immaculate conception" does not refer to Jesus' being born to a virgin...it actually refers to Mary's conception without original sin. There is no empirical evidence for that either...
Most Catholics I know don't understand the distinction between immacolate conception (which I belive actually refers to a famous football play) and the virgin birth.
One of the great revolutionary aspects of our Constitution is that it is completely and totally secular. That is part of its essential placement of power in the hands, ultimately, of those governed.
Christianity has no more place in American governance than does monarchy.
Sorry about the poor spelling. The dog stepped on my graduated lenses. Really!
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