THE CHRISTIAN FAITH VRS OTHER FAITHS IN AMERICA

Patrick Henry (1736-1799), one of the most prominent figures during the American Revolution wrote: “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship.” All Americans at one time understood this to be a matter of fact; which it was and is.

Patrick Henry’s conviction that “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ,” was shared by most if not all, of his contemporaries who provided leadership in the fight for our independence, and the later framing of our system of constitutional government. Consider carefully the following small sampling from multiplies hundreds that could easily be cited to prove what was commonly believed by Americans until our history  began to be revised and rewritten by dishonest pseudo “historians” to  suit their own anti-Christian and anti-American bias and agenda.

“The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”—John Adams (1735-1826)

“It is apprehended that Jews, Mahometans (Muslims), pagans, etc., may be elected to high offices under the government of the United States. Those who are Mahometans, or any others who are not professors of the Christian religion, can never be elected to the office of President or other high office, [unless] first the people of America lay aside the Christian religion altogether, it may happen. Should this unfortunately take place, the people will choose such men as think as they do themselves.”— Samuel Adams (1722-1803).

Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.

—John Jay (1745-1829), Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them…we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible; for this Divine Book, above all others, constitutes the soul of republicanism. Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.” —Benjamin Rush (1746-1813, Founding Father

“The American population is entirely Christian, and with us Christianity and Religion are identified.”—John Marshall (1755-1835). Founding Father and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 until 1835.

“It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other”.—James Madison

To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them.—Jedediah Morse (1761-1826)

The Declaration of Independence … laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity."—John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth president of the United States.

Alexander Hamilton believed that two things made America great: (1) Christianity, and
(2) a Constitution formed under Christianity.    Hamilton with the Rev. James Bayar worked together to form the Christian Constitutional Society, the object of which was ‘The support of the Christian religion and the United States of America.”

Unlike Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, though far from being a professed Christian himself, acknowledged the critical role Christianity had in America. In his 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania, he insisted that schools teach "the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.”

Noah Webster (1758-1843), the “father of American Scholarship and Education,” said, “In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed...No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”

People need to stop being squemish about this. It needs to be shouted unapologetically from the housetops! Our nation wasn’t founded by religionists. Not by Hindus, Muslims, or any other religion known to man, though people of all faiths have benefited from the guiding principles of the Christian faith upon which our nation came into existence and exists. The United states of America was founded by followers of and adherents to the Christian faith. Those who deny this have been and always will be, either intentional liars or inexcusably ignorant.