Do you believe that the United States of America is a Christian country? Why/why not?
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Yes, there are more Christians in this country than any other country. But then again, there are more English speakers in China than North America.
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Yes it is - unfortunately. Even though the constitution clearly demands separation of church and state, sometime America reminds me of a theocracy. It's ironic, American soldiers fight fundamentalist Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet the president is talking about a 'holy war' himself. Just by looking at who ran as vice president in the last election (and fortunately lost), it scares me.
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Absolutely not. However christianity has a much greater influence on the government than any other religion.
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Unfortunately, the fact that 85% of the population claims to be Christian or at least claim to have an invisible friend in the sky would say it does. Sad ain't it? That supposely the most progressive, powerful and moder society in the world has to play with invisible things to get it thru the day
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It is in a de facto sense.
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." However... I do agree with Andrew Ryan's answer somewhat, in that we are approaching a de facto Christian nation. What a terrifying thought. Could be that the Christians and their respective political puppets are just better at making a lot of noise than anyone else. <shrugs>
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As Andrew Ryan said, we are a de facto Christian nation. Not only are most of the citizens Christian, the vast majority of our law makers are Christian and there is a constant battle between those that want to legislate the bible and those that are more moderate and want to temper that with common sense.
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In a De facto sense yes, it has too much influence in politics, media, and other people's private lives.
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Over 80% of Americans are Christian, and it is therefore expected that the culture of this religion infiltrates society. In that sense the US is a Christian country. If the US is a Christian country in its government operation, that is unconstitutional and must be reversed. There is increasing evidence that this is the case.
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The United States is a Christian country, by tradition, by history, and by population. The founding fathers of the US certainly intended that it should be so and those citing "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." should take a look at the history of the time and realize that this was not the same as saying the country wouldn't be a primarily Christian nation. If you look at the map of Europe of the day, you would see each country, large and small, with very few exceptions, was officially some religion or other, be it Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Orthodox, or Muslim. The founding fathers left it free for the people, and actually the states as well, to choose their own religions and not be persecuted for not adhering to a state religion.
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Shamefully yes. And it shows a MAJOR historical set back in the development of our nation. Our most influential funding fathers were freethinkers and our best presidents were also freethinkers. While Europe is becoming more secular and anti-dogma, the US has become an almost theocratic nation where no candidate dares to show he or she is an agnostic or an atheist without putting him/herself out of the race. This has meant than even the dogma par excellence, The Vatican, has tremendous influence upon American policies at home and abroad. The Jewish lobby actually dictates our agenda worldwide and our domestic preachers are a mighty financial and political force to reckon with. The development of Science and education is often threatened by fundamentalists, beginning with the president himself. I don't think I am exaggerating if I point at religious views as the main culprit of most of the nation's scourges and conflicts.
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The Treaty of Tripoli has something to say about that: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/treaty_tripoli.html Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;
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The majority are followers of the Christian faith, though the majority don't believe it's the only path to salvation. http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090114/ts_csm/atheology;_ylt=AjBjjYjoS.hCrFoUdoH9pTXZn414 The laws are not based on the bible though. Freedom/equality and the bible don't mix.
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I've never even been to the US but as I understand it, due to the 1st amendment, it officially isn't. However Christianity is certainly the majority religion and American Christianity tends to be rather more extremist than many other countries which ARE officially Christian.
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As a governmental, legal entity, no, it is not. However, since the majority of the population claims to be Christian, it is the most prevalent religion.
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No. I don't think we should describe countries as Christian or non-Christian. Reasons: - Christianity transcends nationality. - Is everyone a Christian in a Christian country? Probably not. - Does the Christian country only have laws based on Christianity? Probably not. - I believe in freedom of religion. There would not be freedom of religion in a Christian country. Can you name one country that is truly Christian (not counting Vatican City)? With love in Christ.
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The majority of it's citizens are of the christian faith, however, the US was not founded as a christian country, and in most areas the law and religion are separate.
MrJosh 
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