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Originally Posted by BRAVO-SMASH
Why not? Our country was founded on Christian principals...
I’ll quote The Declaration of Independence:
"...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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Would Immanuel Kant agree that the purpose of the Enlightenment was to codify for all time religious principles? <<
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If the United States was founded on Christian principles, then how does one square some of the decidedly materialistic components of the United States Constitution and the ensuing debates over its ratification?