Was America founded as a Christian nation or conceived as a secular state?
Pundits on radio and TV, lawyers in courtrooms, and teachers and students in classrooms all debate this question. Secularists claim there is no evidence for America’s Christian roots and deny the evidence presented. Most Americans, however, still believe that our nation owes its existence and its prosperity to our founder’s allegiance to Christianity and its teachings.
America is the longest enduring constitutional republic, but any nation that forgets its roots cannot long endure. Is America now poised to abandon our forefathers’ aims to establish nation where freedom reigns, where the rights of all are protected under a Constitution inspired by Christian principles?
These ten truths about America’s Christian heritage show the true roots of our nation’s origin and the strength that came from this heritage: