BDKJMU wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2026 3:18 pm
kalm wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2026 5:18 pm
You claimed we were founded on
Christian values.
Only indirectly at best. The founding was most influenced by the ideas of enlightenment thinkers like Lock, Rousseau, and Montesquieu in addition to English common law and the abuses of King Goerge and the East India Tea Company. The Iroquois Confederacy probably had as strong of an influence as hydro-Christian beliefs.
I’ve said JUDEO Christian values. And the previous post I said Western Judeo Christian values.
And lol not indirectly at best. The Declaration of Independence contains four references to a deity in theistic language common to the era:
“Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God,“
“endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,”
“Supreme Judge of the world,”
“protection of Divine Providence.”
While the Constitution is more secular, most Founders were raised Protestant or orthodox Christians. Biblical and Protestant ideas were pervasive in late 18th century culture.
And newsflash. I‘m agnostic. Haven‘t been to a church service in years (trying to remember the last church wedding or funeral I went to.
I know exactly what you said.
Christianity is defined by Christ. It’s even in the name!
Yet not a single mention in the constitution of Christ, Jesus, Christianity, etc. Natures God?

Ask an animist or pantheist. They’d have a bone to pick with you. The Jefferson Bible is still in publication IIRC. The one where he removed all of the supernatural and miracle claims.
Lastly, the enlightenment was a push back against the Christian Church. It relied on reason and science. While some of the founders were Christian, a few notable ones were not. They also tended to be learned men unlike common folk who were more basic in their understandings of philosophy and religion.
E for effort but I’m sorry, your initial statement is flawed.