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To: combjelly who wrote (362376)12/12/2007 11:10:22 AM
From: SilentZ  Respond to of 1586668
 
>And yet, despite that, there is no mention of God in the Constitution. And then there is Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli, which was approved by Adams, which explicitly states that the US was not founded on Christianity.

It seems to me that our Founding Fathers were more or less as torn on this as we are. They were human, after all.

-Z



To: combjelly who wrote (362376)12/12/2007 1:08:48 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1586668
 
No, only the Declaration of Independence mentions God (ie Creator). The US government is certainly not explicitly founded on Christianity, though it is founded on a Christian world-view in that:

- rights are God-given

- it accepts the view that men are fallen and thus are all liable to abuse power, thus requiring that power be divided and that checks and balances are needed to prevent abuse of power.


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