America: Christian Nation? - Rematch

Let's begin by asking: what is a "Christian Nation"? For the purposes of this debate, we'll call a "Christian Nation" the following:A nation that has it's priniples intentionally built upon specifically Christian ideals and promotes the Christian religion; a Christian theocracy. I disagree, a Christian nation doesn't have to be a country where Christianity is the official religion, and thus that religion can be shown favoritism. It can be a country that's culturally Christian, meaning the majority of people are Christians. Now, I would agree (and don't consider this me conceding) that a long time ago, Protestantism (Lutheranism) was the de facto established religion of the country, since they were being shown favoritism. But that's not the case anymore. Today the USA is culturally Christian (with the largest Christian majority actually being Catholic/Anglican [Anglicanism isn't really Protestant for historical reasons/if you want me to specify later why, I'd be glad to] instead of Protestant)In this country, we have many Christian cultural things. The goal of America was a country blessed by God. Now. .. that doesn't mean they wanted to show favoritism towards that belief, but rather it was how they felt. Many of the presidents of the early United States were proud Protestants (John Hanson, who technically is the first president of the United States, being it was under the Articles of Confederation, was a proud Lutheran [though on the downside, he owned black slaves]). The Great Revival, which felt that Anglicanism and Deism was corrupting the country, took place in the South, and from there many great religions were born that added to the culture of the country, such as the Baptist Church, Methodism, etc. So we may not be a theocracy, but in terms of culture, we are Christian. We have the Ten Commandments in the one of the buildings of Washington DC. We are probably also the only nation that has ads advetising the love of Jesus, especially in states where people are proudly Christian, like Minnesota and Ohio. . http://upload.wikimedia.org...I. THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONThe First Amendment forbids Congress from "promoting one religion over others. "[1] So right off the bat, we know that the United States is a secular nation. Not promoting one religion over the other makes it culturally a secular country. Ireland also doesn't promote one religion, but they are devoutly Catholic, the majority that is. II. USES OF THE WORD "GOD" IN OFFICIAL AMERICAN DOCUMENTS AND GOVERNMENT ISSUESSince the word God is used in things such as American currency ("in God we trust"), my opponent will probably bring this up. True, the word "God" is often used such documents, but is it really referring to the Judeo-Christian God of the Bible? The thing is, there is no proof whatsoever that God, as found in the Judeo-Christian Bible, is specifically the God that is mentioned in said documents. This is a tricky one. There were people, like Ben Franklin, who felt that certain wording might show favoritism. However, none of that equates to establishing one religion. It's just how they felt. It set the culture of the country if you will.