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Required reading for conservatives: Is America a ‘Christian Nation’?

A frequent refrain among the religious right is that the United States of America is a “Christian nation”, or that this country was founded on Christian principles. However, I’ve never seen any religious apologist explain what exactly this is supposed to mean beyond making the mere statement. If this nation was founded on Christian principles, which principles are those? If Christianity played such a major role in our nation’s founding, then what specific contributions did it make?

In an attempt to help the religious right answer this key question, I’ll list some of America’s core defining principles as given in the Constitution, and examine whether any of them could plausibly be said to come from Christianity or the Bible:

Read the rest, or fail at life.