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how exactly is "the foundation of our Constitution . . . based upon the Bible"?
please quote passages and explain what they have to do with the bible.
no, not WAS it, Joseph, HOW was it. citations please.
funny how just three minutes ago there were three or four such assertions and yet not one of those claiming this has shown up to elucidate their position.
6 Answers
- Mr. BluelightLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's not. In fact, the Founding Fathers made statements to the contrary. There was a treaty which read that in no way was the Constitution based upon the Christian religion.
- Occam's RazorLv 51 decade ago
The Mayflower Compact, the founding theoretical document of the Massachusetts colony was based on the bible. This legal tradition lasted several generations and then gave way to our secular legal foundation- the US Constitution. The Constitution's philosophical and legal theory arose from the Enlightenment which was heartily condemned has heretical by Christianity.
- 1 decade ago
It's not. The founding fathers didn't want an official state religion, since there were already different religious groups in the US- Quakers, Protestants, etc.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It is clearly not. Doesn't even contain the word "God" in it anywhere.
The concepts our constitution is based on come more from John Locke, an English Philosopher.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Simple. It's not. Nowhere in the constitution will you find the word God, Jesus, Holy, Bible, Christ, Christian, Scripture etc.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, It was a convenient way for politicians to control people.
