Some Americans want the government to declare we are a Christian nation

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The U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention Christianity or any specific religion. The Declaration of Independence famously proclaims that people’s rights come from a “Creator” and “Nature’s God” — but doesn’t specify who that is.

Yet large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation, and many believe it should be one.

Such views are especially strong among Republicans and their white evangelical base. Already such views are being voiced by supporters of Donald Trump amid his bid to recapture the presidency.

https://apnews.com/article/american...tive-beliefs-4ea388e8d80c54016a6a4460cbef9b82
 
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has proclaimed that America is and was founded as a Christian nation and that Thomas Jefferson was “divinely inspired” in his writing of the Declaration of Independence, according to a 2015 sermon that drew wider attention with his recent election as speaker.
 
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has proclaimed that America is and was founded as a Christian nation and that Thomas Jefferson was “divinely inspired” in his writing of the Declaration of Independence, according to a 2015 sermon that drew wider attention with his recent election as speaker.
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First. Mike Johnson is a fucking idiot,
but that's a given, so second,
the framers fucked up when they made any mention of a "creator" at all.

Our Constitution was a well-intended effort poorly executed.
 
Welp, there are some crazies on my side of the political spectrum that sometimes push too far. What can I say?

The dude claiming TJ was “Divinely inspired” needs to do some research/study.

And from the linked article…
“I’m not claiming that all of our founders were Christians,” he said in an interview. “Some were deists, some were atheists, but the majority were Christians. I’m also not saying that non-Christians shouldn’t have the same rights as Christians in our country.”
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While I agree with the above, what he goes on to say after that … not so much … or not at all.

So for the record, if anyone ever proposes a bill to officially call the USA a Christian nation, I’d be against it. If they call the USA a Christian nation in conversation, I would disagree with them.
 
Christianity means a lot of things, to a lot of different people.

I'm a big Christ guy. But what some of the more "vocal" Christians espouse, I cannot relate to.

Let's keep government & religion separate.
 
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