Separation of Church and State? Screw That... Proselytism FTW!

[Joelcool7]

Rath said:

pizzahut451 said:

 

I didnt said they should. As for Thomas Jefferson, he believed in God, did he not? He also admired teachings of Jesus Christ a LOT and he was very bound to them. Doesnt chnage the fact that religion/God was in american politics from the beginning, so people shouldn't get so butthurt over this guy's statement. America IS a CHRISTIAN country, and just because you are not christian, doesnt mean you should get offended because someone said he/she is, especially if you live in christian country like America.

People aren't offended by him saying he's Christian. Of course not, almost all of your politicians do that.

It's him explicitly saying he wants people in his state to convert that is offending people.

 

Also America is not a Christian country, it really isn't. It's a secular country with a Christian majority - their is a very important and very explicit different between the two. Interstingly despite being largely secular in nature England actually is a Christian nation - it has a defined state religion in the Church of England.

 

Edit: Also admiring the teachings of Jesus doesn't make you a Christian, most Muslims respect his teachings - they even consider him a prophet.

America was never founded soully on Christianity as a state religion. It has always been a democracy not a theorocracy. However I have debated several times with others that several founding fathers were Christian, but whether they were on not doesn't matter as the US was not founded to be a theorocracy. Religious freedom was at its core. Now yes some laws and policies were inspired by Christianity and the Bible but it was still secular.

As for Christian majority making it a Christian state? it does and it doesn't. Christianity being the majority does not change the fact that the Government and institutions are secular. On paper the US is not a Christian country. But to the rest of the world it very much is, would you call Turkey or Egypt Muslim countries? Yes you probubly would however neither country has Islam as its state religion.

So yes and no. The US is a Christian majority nation so other countries likely view it as a Christian state. But legally it is not officially it is secular!