RE: atheist looking for advice
January 28, 2015 at 9:35 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2015 at 9:37 pm by YGninja.)
(January 28, 2015 at 9:32 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(January 28, 2015 at 9:19 pm)YGninja Wrote: Well, i know its not what you want to hear, but the country was founded on Christian principles. Every school and college was Christian, you'd read from the Bible daily. Evolution is just a theory..
I recommend the first thing you do is atleast be honest to yourself and recognise that you do not have a "lack of belief", rather, you believe there is no God.
It was not founded as a christian nation. The only time the constitution mentions religion is to say we shouldn't establish one. The Treaty of Tripoli clearly states this country was not founded as a christian nation.
Yes, evolution is just a theory. This means that while it's a fact that it happens, some details of it are up for debate, and the theory may be revised as new evidence comes in. It is still a fact that it happens.
Being in the constitution or not is largely irrelevant. 99.9% of the population were Christian at the time the country was founded. The entire ethos of the country was Christian. The constitution gives rights to freedom of religion and freedom of belief, but arguably that right in itself is a product of Christianity. You didn't see it anywhere else in the world, but time and again this line of thinking popped up in Christendom.
