Link to External Source Article Monday, July 06, 2009 Are we really a Christian nation?
By TRACIE SIMER July 4, 2009 Today is the day the United States celebrates its independence. This country’s forefathers are considered by most to be patriotic. There is debate, however, about whether any of those men were Christians or even religious, and if they founded the United States as a Christian nation. Micah Watson, assistant professor of political science at Union University, said the United States has never had a Christian government. “The forefathers could’ve put in explicitly Christian language in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; that would’ve been quite common for that time, but they did not,” Watson said. According to a 2006 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 81 percent of Americans identified themselves as Christian. Almost 2 percent said they were Jewish, and 0.5 percent said they were Muslim. Those who identify as “non-affiliated” or “other” were about 15 percent, the survey said. Watson said there is only one mention of God in t
