Is america a christian nation?

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partially

This. It's historically been a balance between a deistic, freemasonic elite and a largely Protestant Christian populace.

it's niether christian nor a nation

No to both.

No, in fact it was radical in being a secular republic when every European nation had state religions.

The founding fathers were mostly deists if I remember correctly, they believed in a clock tuner God who wasn't involved in earthly affairs. I think Jefferson was an atheist. And they specifically put in clauses that didn't favor any religion. so the answer is no. In fact until the second great awakening most people in America didnt even go to church.

>founded by liberal secularist revolutionaries

"no"

America is barely a nation desu

Not anymore

70% Christian and falling.

Thank ww2. Somehow these religions crept In the door so heavily around that time!

Population-wise? Yes
Government? No; however many Christians are in office, and their beliefs sometimes cloud their mind, but the freedom of speech explicitly states that they can´t favor a religion.

We are secular with heavy Christian undertones

No but Canada is

In the same way Turkey is a Muslim nation.

No, it is a jewish state.

In terms of the general population? Yes.
The government? Nope. Secular republic. The forefathers were pretty clear about not establishing a state religion and not favoring any one religion in government.

>I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. - Thomas Jefferson, 1802

>As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries. - Treaty of Tripoli, 1797

>highly religious population
>explicitly secular government

There's a fair amount of tension there.

No, because it was founded as a union of several states, each one with a different outlook and attitude towards religion. It was specifically neutral in order to keep the peace between these states on matters of religion.

>deistic, freemasonic elite and a largely Protestant Christian populace.
That all fits into the tent of "Christianity".
Yea dude totally, just like the
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>no state religion means the state is secular
If I asked you what constituted a state I suppose you'd say "It's people." Then if I asked what constituted the body of people you'd say "The Christians." You're really not fooling anyone, we know what happened to you.
>Protestantism is a liberal interpretation of Christianity
>Secularism is a misnomer for "of the times" it doesn't apply in an intellectual discussion of political origin
>it wasn't a revolution

No really, it wasn't a Revolution, all the relevant administrative systems were already in existence.
You're a clever fag and you know it.
Nothing changed when America declared itself an independent "nation". Yet that's when some would claim it became "secular" because that is when it severed ties with the church of England. To say it is secular is to say nothing at all. It was a Christian nation in every meaningful sense of the word. Also the Founders do not determine the nation itself, only how they think it should be run, you give them far to much credit.

The declaration is a divinely inspired document, most of them were Christians
>deist
Not by their standards or really today's standards either.

>citing a line which was struck from one of the official versions
>implying the line meant we aren't Christian
What it means is our Christianity has no role in our feelings towards Muslims, it wasn't that we aren't Christians, it was that we aren't acting upon any politically Christian doctrine which underlies our interactions with Muslims.
Secular doesn't mean a-religious in any meaningful way.
A chair is secular because it is not explicitly religious.
A sequence of numbers is secular because it is not explicitly religious.
language is secular because it is not explicitly religious.
The recent yet pervasive idea that secularism is a thing itself instead of an adjective of common fashion is one of the reasons atheists are so insufferable in politics.

>The founders don't determine the nation

They literally established the rules that the government of said nation abides by and specifically stated that the United States isn't a Christian nation.

It didn't become "secular" when it broke from England, as each colony had different rules on religious practice. It became secular when the Constitution was written and ratified with the express exclusion of a state religion.

>the declaration is a divinely inspired document
How they would roll in their graves to hear this shit.

No, you're directly misreading the quote. There are two seperate statements.

>The United States government is not founded on the Christian religion.
>Becsuse of this, we have no religious pretext to define our relationship with Muslims.

Secular, by definition, is of not having a basis in religion. The United States is secular in that its laws and application of said laws cannot be based on religious argument or doctrine. The government does not act on the basis of religious law or teaching.

>This being recent
Fuck off, this has been argued in court repeatedly throughout the 20th century.