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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Well, Christian principles would at least mean that the framers were, or were primarily "Christians," right?
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Nope. These principles aren't exclusive to or derived friom Christianity. Christianity adopted them, however, so they are Christian principles and could be labeled a number of other things as well.
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Where I think one should "be careful" is in claiming a hard and fast linkage between "Christianity" and "ethics and morality." They aren't the same thing--and one does not come from the other. Were ethics and morality key parts of the polity that Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, etc. created? Sure--but it was an ethics and morality predicated on the rights and liberties of the individual, including the individual's freedom from religious tyrrany and the promise that the state would not be involved in religious practice at all. Was it a "Christian" ethics and morality?
Heck no.
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I never claimed that link. However, when you have pollsters asking incredibly general questions like "Was the US founded on Christian principles?" it's pretty hard to answer NO to that question. A YES answer doesn't necessarily equate to all that you have suggested it does though I am sure it does in some cases.