It amazes me (and not in a good way) when I hear people deny that our country was founded on Christian principles and the Bible. Statements of that type could only be made by people who are willingly ignorant of American history. The evidence to the contrary is deep; there are so many references to God, the Bible and Christianity in the writings of the founding fathers that any one who has read their writings would know better. The founding fathers saw the Scriptures as a text book for their lives and for their children.
In April, 1775, about a year before the Declaration of Independence was written, John Adams and John Hancock made the statement:
We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!
John Adams:
"I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen."
“The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”
John Adams wrote this in a letter to his wife Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress:
“[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”
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I just recently read where some historians attribute God's hand of blessing on us during the Revolutionary War to the Great Awakening. They believe that because many of the men leading the country were right spiritually (thanks to the revivals) they were, in effect, rebelling for the right reasons. Had they rebelled out of self-serving reasons, would God have blessed their efforts and the resulting country? It's an interesting line of thought. It would certainly illustrate how closely a nation's spiritual condition is tied to their success overall.
I think many people take the idea that the founders had of not forcing people to have a specific religion as them having no religion. The main thing they wanted for America was freedom. The founders knew that virtues were the important key in order for our country to be free. They did not want our government specify that our country had to be Christian. They wanted their fellow countrymen to be free to choose on their own. Even God Almighty gives us the choice.
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