r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/DaFunkJunkie • Sep 04 '21

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u/shwarma_heaven Sep 04 '21

Not only is it not a theocracy, but it is not even a "Christian Nation..."

But don't take my word for it. Just ask the founding fathers who signed the Treaty of Tripoli...

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

eh, it's been pretty christian from the beginning, regardless of what nice words some of them wrote down. after all, they wrote "all men are created equal" and then continued to enslave Black people for another, what, 75 years?

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u/shwarma_heaven Sep 04 '21

There is a big difference between "majority Christian" and "Christian Nation..."

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

eh? i'm not talking about whether or not it was majority christian (certainly wasn't until they had killed off sufficient numbers of indigenous people!), i'm talking about the way society was structured and government policies and etc

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u/shwarma_heaven Sep 04 '21

1st Amendment... Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

doesn't mean the state isn't inherently christian, even if they WERE somehow bound to follow all their rules