I tend to rely on the amendments on the constitution. The bill of rights specifically. I also acknowledge that this country was born in the 1700's, whereas atheism only grows as time and knowledge progresses. What I mean to say is... the more secular knowledge we are presented with, the less we need god in the equation to explain things. So it's understandable that the nations of yesteryear, and even those born a couple hundred years ago are so reliant on "god" but the more we learn about the world around us (and this century is filled with these "revelations" of knowledge) the less we depend on the explanation of divinity.
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