(January 29, 2015 at 2:39 pm)YGninja Wrote:(January 28, 2015 at 9:38 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Yes the majority was christian, but the founders were not trying to set up a christian theocracy in America. They saw what was happening around Europe, with catholics and protestants killing each other over how to worship the same god, and didn't want that here.
Whether or not the founders were trying to set up a Christian theocracy is not the claim under discussion. The claim is whether the USA was founded as a Christian nation.
Define "Christian Nation".
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson