Christian nationalism

A while ago I saw a news clip about some ‘expert’ on MSNBC trying to tell the world that the USA is not a nation founded on Christian principles. She must have missed that statement about ‘the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America’, and the one that mentions “Nature’s God”.

Christian nationalists is what she called those who believed in a Christian founding of our nation. Well then, I am a Christian nationalist; but then I can prove my point while she didn’t (and can’t).

The United States is indeed founded on Christian principles, beginning with the idea that we are all endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights (Declaration of Independence). Whether you, as an individual, believe in God is irrelevant; the nation of the United States believes this and that is a fundamental principle that runs through all of our founding documents, our government and our public education system. And, surprise surprise, many of our founding fathers were Christians. Even Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin professed belief in God.

The evidence is vast and includes reams of correspondence of the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and a book by a political scientist detailing what sources were used in the founding documents, including the Constitution.

“Origins of American Constitutionalism” (the aforementioned book) by Donald Lutz, a University of Houston professor, shows that the Bible was referenced by the founders 34% of the time in the formation of the United States; the other major contributors were Baron Montesquieu at 8.3%, English lawyer Blackstone at 7.9% and theologian John Locke at 2.9%.

More evidence are actual clauses from the Constitution and where they come from.

In Article 1 we get uniform immigration from Leviticus 19:34. In Article 2 we get the natural born president from Deuteronomy 17:15. In Article 3 we get the Witness from Deuteronomy 17:6. The three branches of government comes from Isaiah 33:22. And Jeremiah 17:9 is the reason for dividing powers into separate branches. In Article 4 we get the republicanism clause, which comes from Exodus 18:21.

Then there’s the oath clauses and the use of some logic.

Notice how there’s no punishment for violating an oath, that’s because the oath is meant to be between the oath taker and his God. God can see what is done behind closed doors whereas humans don’t see that 99% of what happens. For example, there are about 13,000 bills addressed in each two-year session of Congress. How many of those 13K bills have you heard of?

And finally, the manner in which they signed the Constitution, using ‘In the year of our Lord’; strange for a secular document. Interesting aside, when Thomas Jefferson was president he had the signing tag changed to ‘In the year of our Lord Christ’.