Why Are We Not A Christian Nation

“Believing with you that relgion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other forhis faith or his worship, that the legitimate power of government reach actions only, & not opinion…thus building a wall of separation between Church & State” (Thomas Jefferson). There has been a separating between the church and the state and yet knowing that some people still believe that we are a Christian Nation. Some of the most important founding fathers where deist, therefore, our nation is not a Christian nation, although some people might find that it is. Through out the years, there have been several discussion on whether we are or are not a Christian nation. A great example of this would be David Barton who says that indeed we are a Chrisstian nation and that …show more content…
If you carefully read the letters you can clearly see that he removes some information that would prove him wrong. Does this tell you anything? This nation has not been a Christian nation and is not a Christian nation. Several people argue that we are a Christian nation because we live by Christian Principles, ten amendments, this Christian principles are common sense and are thing that we have to obey by law. Some people say that the Puritans an the Pilgrims were Christians as well. But, at that time the Purtians as well as the Pilgrims where escaping from the Roman Catholic Religion which were discriminate