This sums up Christianity's role in our government...
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"In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle have observed frequent instances of superintending Providence in our favor. . . . And have we now forgotten this powerful Friend? Or, do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his Aid?
We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our little, partial local interests; our projects will be confounded; and we shall become a reproach and a byword to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war, or conquest.
I therefore beg to move that, henceforth, prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessing on our deliberation be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business."
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--Ben Franklin
Or if you want to take another angle, if the founding fathers were split between Christian and Deist, most of them were Masons. I invite everyone to look at the back side of the 1 dollar bill and look at the eye of the watcher. At the base of the picture there is a phrase in Latin "Annuit Coeptis" which roughly translates to something along the lines of "May HE bless our undertakings".
Superbelt is only right to an extent. This country was largely held and founded on Judeo-Christian philosophy, seeing as to many of the framers and just about every citizen was of a christian denomination, if you argue this well... At any rate they were respectful enough of the Seperation because they didn't want to end up like England with all that fun Aglican shit. Plus people back then were all down with God, I don't think they ever invisioned anything like what we are going through.