by Stan Derekson

Created on: September 22, 2007   Last Updated: March 25, 2010

Nations can be classified in various ways, i.e., by their form of government, by their race, and or by their religion. America has always been classified among the Christian nations of the world. All nations have been founded upon some theistic or non-theistic foundation. Surly America was not founded upon a non-theistic foundation with a motto like "In God We Trust"; and this God is none other than the God of the Bible. Besides, at the founding of this nation there existed nowhere in the world a non-theistic nation: "No nation has ever existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion that has been given to man and I, as Chief Magistrate of this nation, am bound to give it the sanction of my example"-Thomas Jefferson.

The level of ignorance on this subject is disturbing and saddening. Americans should be grateful for our 'Christian' heritage. Though far from being perfect, the settlers and founders gave to the world the greatest freedoms ever known; along with the longest standing constitution in history. The notion that America was founded as a Christian nation does not mean that all Americans must profess Christianity - no, our Christian heritage brought with it religious freedom!

I would encourage all to study on this subject; lay aside your prejudices, and beware the revisionist history - for it is rampant! The communist mantra "separation of church and state" is not part of our constitution (it was, however, part of the USSR constitution). The term, taken from a letter by Thomas Jefferson, was not used by the courts until 1947. All one has to do is read a copy of the letter to grasp the intent of the metaphor.

The sole purpose to the religious clause of the First Amendment was to insure the people that the new Federal Government would not choose one of the many Christian denominations (sects) to become the Nationally 'established' religion that all must adhere to, like that of the old country.
"As to the subject of religion. . . . no power is given to the general government to interfere with it at all. . . . No sect is preferred to another. Every man has a right to worship the Supreme Being in the manner he thinks proper." -Richard Dobbs Spaight, Signer of Constitution, July 30, 1788.
"The real object of the [First A]mendment was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects." -Joseph Story,

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