America Is A Christian Nation
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Contrary to the views held by many, the United States of America is not a secular society, it is not a multi-religious country and it is not non-religious. It is a Christian nation.
One of the primary reasons why that is the case is the majority of Americans are what could be described as righteous Christians. They believe that Jesus is God’s only begotten Son, they believe that both the Immaculate Conception and Holy Resurrection actually happened, and they also believe that Jesus died on The Cross for everyone’s sins.
The most outstanding indicator that America is a Christian nation is the high degrees of tolerance, acceptance and religious freedom that exists in this country. In the true spirit of Christianity, and opposite of what is the case in many, if not most, other societies, in the U.S. hardly any groups are persecuted or dismantled because of their beliefs, practices or lifestyles. Everybody, including such groups as communists, socialists, anarchists, black separatists, white separatists and neo-NAZIs are permitted to openly espouse and practice their beliefs. Homosexuality is tolerated and accepted. The rights of criminals are strictly protected by law. Equal access to all of the opportunities that the nation offers are guaranteed by governing bodies to everyone, regardless of their skin color, religion or national origin.
And because the U.S. is a Christian society, the towering level of religious freedom that exists in this country is unsurpassed. Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Scientologists, Devil worshipers, those who practice witchcraft, and so on and so forth, are all allowed to openly practice their religions and/or to openly express their beliefs.
Furthermore, those who do not believe, such as atheists and agnostics, are entirely free to “do their own things”.
Yes, America is a Christian nation and the greatest proof of that is the fact that all of its inhabitants are permitted to have and to exercise free will.
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Aley, thank you for commenting on this post.
But with all due respect, the title of this hub is "America Is A Christian Nation", not "America Is A Perfect Nation".
And if you know of a better place in which to live than the U.S.A., please let me know about it.
The same can be said for your neighbor to the north, Canada. We offer the same equalities as the USA, with open arms to all.
Bravo!
Dave you are so right and that is why that along with the U.S., Canada is my favorite country.
America sure was founded on these principles. The believers have grown slack and allowed Christ to be removed from many primary offices and structures that created America to be strong. We now need to return to God and ask Him to bless the land again.
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14"
Hyphenbird, the fact that our country is moving farther-and-farther away from its Christian roots is one of the factors that made me feel compelled to post this hub.
feenix you are so much fun. I will refer you to the book "God is Back, How the global rise of religion is changing the world", John Micklethwait, 2009 and will include it at the end of a future HUB. This documents that religion, especially Christianity, is on a major up swing regarding its influence every where! This is ironic because certain Christian leaders would have you think (in your case successfully) that Christianity is under attack. In fact Christianity, in America at least, has unquestioned power. Whining Christians are playing the underdog and that is crazy. I grant you more people every day are calling for overdue, honest criticism of religion but not many listen.
It's a fact that most important founding fathers were as secular as they could get at the time, including Jefferson, Mason, Madison, and Franklin. "Under God" wasn't added to the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954.
Thank your lucky stars we aren't a nation more closely tied up with Christian strings than we are already. Our relations with the rest of the world are shaky enough already without being even more closely associated with one historically extreme religion. I don't want to visit any serious Muslim countries and, for that reason, I can understand why lots of other people don't want to visit America. - - JACK
Jack, actually, I agree with much of what you just commented. For one thing, a whole lot of preachers, especially many of the ones with TV ministries, are giving the impression that Christianity is under attack in order to keep those big donations coming in.
Hi feenix. It's a tough time for everyone including churches and organizations. A little fear and a little hyperbole always helps. That is a reason, I think, why the crazy talk about trafficking keeps getting more extreme. One month is is 50,000 people being trafficked, next it is 100,000, and now we read 300,000. Stories say teens are in danger on the internet, next we read it is 11 and 12 year olds, and now claims are that 8 and 9 year olds are being "turned." It is getting crazier all the time - and you see it too. We share similar concerns about the media and how it is being influenced these days.
Jack, the more I get to know you, the more I like you. It is obvious that you and I share a number of concerns.
It is just that you are a thoroughly modern man and I am one who is still into that "ol' time religion".
Maybe we can share a beer the next time I pass through NYC. I agree that we have much in common.
Jack, I would really like that. It is just that my drink of choice will probably be root beer ;-)
Well said my friend another terrific hub. Can I add that the UK is also in the line up. Thanks again.
Scarface, good to hear from you, my good friend. I have been a little busy lately so I have not been able to make contact with you.
And you are certainly right: the UK is also in that line up.
Hi feenix,
I respectfully disagree with your assertion that the majority of Americans are righteous Christians who believe in the major doctrines of the Christian faith. If that is so, then why are we failing miserably in so many other areas? High murder rates, drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, and rampant consumerism all point away from your contention. I will agree that, at least according to polls, a majority of our citizens believe in the existence of God, but that is a far cry from people accepting Christ and trying to live according to his example.
On a side note, I often discuss issues of faith with Muslims, and I am continually forced to argue against the idea of America being overwhelmingly Christian for the simple reason that the differences in the overall moral behavior of a country like Saudi Arabia compared to the U.S. is stark, and if someone coming from an Islamic country comes here with the idea that the U.S. is merely the flip side of a religious coin, well then, we are a poor witness indeed to the Christian faith if we argue we are living according to its principles. While I will grant that Saudi Arabia is hardly a "free" country in our sense of the word, the issues mentioned above that plague us in the U.S. are nearly non-existent there. All this does in the Muslim mind then, is reinforce the idea that the forgiveness of all sin leads to moral degradation, and this is a great point of division in our respective theologies (and nearly impossible to refute if America is truly "Christian).
Furthermore, the majority of the founding father were not Christians in today's sense of the word, rather they were Deists. Washington saw God as impersonal and uninvolved, and Jefferson denied the virgin birth of Christ. Granted, the Bible was the very backbone of many of our laws, but that means little if it is all but ignored by a majority of U.S. citizens today, which, I believe, it is.
jreuter, with all due respect, you demonstrated that you do not have a grasp on what being a Christian, or a member of any other religion, is all about.
For example, I am a Christian but I have more than my share of character defects and I am far from being a "moral person".
As we Christians believe, Jesus died on The Cross for our sins, and the reason why he had to do that is we, as human beings, have a "sin nature".
And I did not entitle this hub "America Is A Highly-Moral Nation" because that would have been quite inaccurate.
I entitled it what I did because that is the truth, in my opinion. The U.S. is a Christian nation, warts and all.
Furthermore, I have learned that when people are bent on denigrating religion, they constantly build straw men to cut down with their swords.
Feenix, wow, I do not have grasp on Christianity? Hmm...I suppose my seminary is failing me in your estimation then? May I suggest dealing with constructive criticism in a more graceful manner and refraining from making baseless accusations of people you do not know?
If America was truly a Christian nation, it should at least reflect that on a minimal level morally speaking. The Christian life does not mean that we go on sinning gratuitously and then receive forgiveness, rather it means we accept the gift of salvation and then, due to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, are now empowered to live life in a much more moral fashion than what is reflected in American society. You feenix, are the one failing to grasp the nature of the faith if you honestly believe the U.S. reflects true Christianity.
But besides your apparent mishandling of orthodox theology, the contention that the majority of U.S. citizens accept things like the resurrection of Christ, the virgin birth, the inerrancy of the Bible, etc. etc., is so completely and utterly false I can scarce imagine how one could being to argue for it. Neither statistics, nor personal experience, nor the moral decay of our nation supports your argument. Beyond this, I hardly see how a hub of just a few paragraphs could hope to effectively address the issue. We have freedom of speech, yes, but is that really the only criterion in your mind for determining what makes a nation "Christian?" Given your very wide definition, we can also include nations with a growing atheist majority, such as Sweden, can we not?
jreuter, I deeply regret that I came off in the crude and abrupt way I did. You are a very nice person and you did not deserve that. So, please accept my apology.
Sometimes, I become very defensive (and offensive, I could add) when I believe that Christianity and/or Christians are being criticized or attacked.
Once again, I do apologize.
no problem feenix, thanks.
Hi feenix,
I think we have become a nation of luke warm Christians...too many have become politically correct and are afraid to stand up for what we know is right.
Unfortunately I think something very harsh and severe is going to happen in order to wake up this lathargeic state of mind that we are currently in.
but YES, we most certainly ARE a Christian Nation...
Hello,CM,
At the end of your comment, you said, " ... but YES, we most certainly ARE a Christian Nation... "
Then, there you go.
America is not a Christian Nation and was not founded to be so. These are some historical quotes from our founding fathers...
Hello, Kitaine,
You certainly do have the right to express your views and your interpretations of what took place in this nation's history.
In fact, I have made a number of sacrifices to perserve our right to free speach.
Hello feenix, thank you for involving me in your discussion. Normally I don't even get involved in these kinds of discussions, but a friend of mine recently enlightened me as to the historically mindset of our founding fathers, and I though it pertained to your post. Personally, biblicaly speaking I am more of a mind set that there can be no such thing as a Christian nation. Per the bible Christians are not supposed to be involved in the governments of man because the only government that is going to matter is God's kingdom because the current world is in the power of Satan. 1 John 5:19, Ps 146:3,4
Hello, Kitaine,
You wrote, "...Christians are not supposed to be involved in the governments of man because the only government that is going to matter is God's kingdom because the current world is in the power of Satan."
Well, my good friend, that certainly was a wake-up call for me. You reminded me of something very important, which is, Even though I am in this world, as a Christian I am not supposed to be of this world.
Thus, in retrospect, it was not wise of me to write and publish this hub.
The reason why I did write and publish it is, when it comes to my being a Christian, I am a work in progress -- and when you come right down to it, I am little more than a lowly sinner.
Feenix, I am in total agreement with you on this one. John 17:16 reminds us to be no part of the world. Romans 3:23-24 reminds us that all men have sinned, and we all fall short of the glory of God - but we are declared righteous through Jesus Christ's sacrifice. We are all a work in progress.
It is hard when we live surrounded as you wrote by everything that we see day in and day out. We have to remember that God's people have experienced this all through out the bible. The Jew's had to live it when they were taken into Babylon. The early Christian's in pagan Rome. It seems to me that throughout the history of the Bible - all of God's peoples were surrounded by nations that were not of there beliefs - the trick is learning to exist in harmony without losing yourself and your beliefs.
Hi, Kitaine,
Because I believe in Divine Intervention, I know that The Lord guided you to this page so our paths would cross.
For me, you are a real breath of fresh air, and I am very pleased to have made your acquaintance.
Thanks Feenix, I am pleased as well to have met you too. I would say that could explain as to why I even commented in the first place - cause as I said - I normally don't get involved in these types of disputes its just weird that a friend of a friend posted to a friends comment on my Facebook page...and so forth you get the picture and that comment was directly related to your hub...and I randomly found hub pages a few days ago and say your link and was like wow thats directly related to...and so I had to read it...(and as too many moments watching children's movies with my children comes out Flipper in The Little Mermaid would say "this is this and this is that..") One thing led to another, and we met - Sometimes people are not so happy they met me, sometimes they are - I'm just glad that you are and I could share some bible scriptures and some personal thoughts with you.
Hi, Kitaine,
Please feel free to e-mail me bible scriptures and your insights. I have a hunger for learning as much about God, and His Son, Jesus, as I can -- and I would really appreciate it.
Aley Martin Level 2 Commenter 13 months ago
You wrote:
"The most outstanding indicator that America is a Christian nation is the high degrees of tolerance, acceptance and religious freedom that exists in this country."
I wish this was so, but I have not seen it and I have lived all over the United States.I am truly happy if it is so where you live. I wish we did not have to be so divided that we had to even mention the separateness of our beliefs by stating our religious affinity, then we would all be truly free.
Thanks!