Too often, I read or hear about the evils of atheism. It’s like atheists aren’t actually human. In my country, the U.S., I’ve come to believe it’s a product of a society that believes our country was based on religion – one in particular- Christianity. It was not and no matter how many apologists a person reads, how many Christian Historians quote from the founders, it’s clear, especially in our Constitution, that America was not founded, fought for freedom, in the name of Christianity or any other religion.

Think about it, at best those that. make that claim can quote from the Declaration of Independence which states the following:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…

But wait! I forgot the first paragraph of the same document where it’s stated:

…the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them…

So a creator is mentioned, once. The earlier paragraph mentions Nature’s God – maybe these people were actually Wiccan. No, I’m not claiming that any of the founders, or framers of the Constitution were atheist. In fact, consensus among most historians were that many were Deist. None of their individual writings express any allegiance to any specific religious belief.

So, I’ve never really understood why there are those that make the claim, that the U.S. is a Christian Nation. Sometimes we hear it as being founded on Judeo-Christian values. Certainly there are apologists that have written numerous books that  will say the opposite.

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