Christian Principles....

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I'd also say some christian principles aren't necessarily only specific to Christianity. It would be foolish to think only Christianity is "moral".

So then if these principles arent necessarily christian specific, would it not be foolish to say that this country was founded on christian principles, since the principles that you're refering to apply to all religions?

But I think its a pretty wildly accepted view that the founders were Christian, and had christian influence. All men created equal

That may be widely accepted that they were christans, but it doesnt change the fact that only some of them were christians, some were not.

Settlers coming to the "New World" to escape religious persecution so they could worship their beliefs freely without the King and Church of England for example Mass. Bay colony. It was early settlement but still.

I accept this

Debate on this would be totally different now and then. Some people might think based on "Christian principles" because the of the beliefs of the founders.

Some of the founding fathers were christian, most were anti-clericals and deists, which were very different from orthodox christians and catholics.