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Debate over whether the Founding Fathers were Christian nationalists
Original: The Founding fathers may have seen themselves as #Christian but not as " #Christiannationalists " they knew & experience
The argument is circulating that while America's founders identified as Christians, they were not Christian nationalists, having witnessed how religion could bring cruelty and corruption into government. The claim holds that their experience drove them to build a country free of governance by any single faith. It is feeding into the ongoing US argument over religion's proper place in politics and the meaning of the country's founding.
Why now: Christian nationalism is a contested topic in current American politics, prompting people to invoke the founders' intentions.
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- The Founding fathers may have seen themselves as #Christian but not as " #Christiannationalists " they knew & experienced the cruelty & #corruption that #Religion could bring to a #government a country free of governance by any one faith ensured that "All men were created… · jasrand8.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 8
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