The USA was founded upon Christianity.

Often times, to support the idea that the United States was founded on secular principals, the fact that Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and several others were Deists and Freemasons is brought up. .. however others did have input as well. (I won't copy and pace a huge portion of each argument to conserve space. )No need to discuss further. In the Declaration, it asserts that we are granted our rights by our creator. Although Jefferson was a deist, this line suggests that the belief in a creator God is essential to understanding the origin of our basic rights. Correct. However, this does not make our nation a "Christian" nation. Nor does it prove that we were founded upon Christianity. The DoI is NOT the government's law. The constitution is. The DoI came BEFORE the establishment of the law of our country. Furthermore, it says "Governments are instituted among men", NOT Christianity. This argument is weak proof of a foundation upon the Christian religion. My opponent also makes the claim that I mis-interpreted the "Separation of Church & State"Thomas Jefferson made his interpretation of the 1st Admendment on January 1, 1802. The letter of the Danbury Baptist Association stated that it was a "[w]all of separation between church and state. " Madison also wrote "Strongly guarded. .. is the separation between religion and the government in the constitution of the US. " (1)James Madison was the primary author of the Constitution, and himself an Episcopalian, had a cousin who was a member of the clergy who was also name James Madison. At that time freedom of religion meant allowing people to have beliefs different than the church of England if they desired. There were numerous authors. Not just James Madison. My opponent also assirts that the freedom of religion just applied to Christianity. However, this is not true. When we are children we are taught the story of the pilgrims. What is a pilgrim but a religious journeyer? They wanted to practice their Christian faith apart from the Church of England. So from the very begining there was religious freedom, but they also didn't tolerate pagan beliefs such as many of the native American religions. My opponent assirts taht the pilgrims came to America to be able to worship as they interprite the Bible. This is true. But my opponent makes a FATAL mistake.1) The pilgrims first came to America more than 100 years before the Constitution became law. Therefore, they had NO PART in the constitution. Final Questions.1) Why does the Constitution not mention God--not even 1 time?2) The Constitution is the basis of our government. Why does it create a secular nation? All that being said; the Constitution does guarantee freedom of religion but even that has limits. We are not allowed to perform human sacrifice for religious reasons. In fact even though the federal government could not interfere with what religion an individual believed, there were state religions and it each state's Constitution could determine what religion and what affect it had on the state. My opponent assirts that the Constitution limits the Freedom of Religion. After all, we can't perform human sacrifices. This is correct. Freedom of Religion means that we can worship God as we see fit as long as it does not contradict another law (i. e. murder) and violate rights. Source1. . http://www.nobeliefs.com...