If America was meant to be Christian nation, why was this notion not mentioned in the Constitution?

The USA was not founded to be a part of a specific religion. Granted, most of the early settlers came from a Judeo-Christian culture, so that is overrepresented in the culture of the society in its early days. As the society becomes more diverse, other traditions will become represented as well. The Founders did not want to repeat the religious wars of Europe, so they opted for a society which allowed religious freedom, but the state was to remain free of religious entanglements. With the 14th Amendment's "due process " clause, that was later extended to states and localities.

Christianity is not included in our Constitution because the Founders did not want a religious state or a state mandated church. But our foundation is filled with Christian principles and the nation was more united when a strong Christian faith was more widespread. Plus, if the Bible is true, God has a record of destroying nations that turn their back on Him. Christians do not want that to happen to the US.

From a citizen's perspective, claiming that the US is a Christian nation or posting the Ten Commandments in a court house or putting a nativity scene at City Hall does not force anyone to become Christian. Say for example if we were to elect a Muslim President and he held a Muslim celebration at the White House, that would be his right, correct? He may catch some flack due to all the terrorist activity from Muslim extremist but it's still his right. And the Constitution protects that. But for some reason, the Constitution doesn't seem to protect the rights if Christians.

It's a Constitution, Not a Declaration of Independence. One is forming a Government free from Imperial rule. The other is for Law making. Being a Christian Nation can not be a Law, Since our Fore Fathers set it up to be a Freedom of Religion Nation.

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There is more joy in Jesus in one day.

Than there is in the World 365/24/7

I know, I tried them both.

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And why did the writers of the Constitution strike down all attempts to place Christianity explicitly anywhere in our laws? And why does the Treaty of Tripoli EXPLICITLY say "The United States is not a Christian nation"

Just because most of the people who have lived in the United States have been Christian does not mean the law is based on Christian principles. Look at the 10 commandments, most of those are not enforced in any way. It's not illegal to break the Sabbath, or to be an atheist, or to covet things, or to make graven images, etc. The commandments against stealing and killing are universal in almost all human cultures, so they didn't come from Christianity either.

We're not a Christian nation. We're a nation with a lot of Christians in it. Read the works of Thomas Jefferson or James Madison and tell me they espoused Christian values, believers.

Bingo. Jesus, God, the Bible and Christianity aren't mentioned in the Constitution because America is not a "Christian Nation". The Treaty of Tripoli specifically mentions that the government of the US was in no way founded on the Christian religion. The First Amendment enacts a wall of separation between church and state in order to protect both.

It was mentioned in the declaration

but America was meant to be a secular nation and so the document is secular

However as Lincoln so aptly pointed out this is government of the people, by the people and for the people.....and people are religious and mostly Christian, so it flavors the laws and satutes

The Constitution is in place to make sure no abuses occur

But you cannot have a government without the influence of the people

America is not a nation. Its a piece of land.

The people who live on that land are largely Christian. Hence Americans are largely a Christian nation. Even though the government that governs those people is not Christian. The same way the Iraqis. Under Saddam they were largely Muslim even though Saddam's party was secular.

While it is clear that the founders had the goal of creating a government that could not control religion, it is also clear from quotes like these that at least some of them, valued religious morality of some kind for the benefit of society:

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

--John Adams

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."

--Ben Franklin - April 17, 1787

"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion..."

Thomas Jefferson from "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"

Hope that helps.

There was fear! You had 13 Sates with 13 different interpretations of the Bible they were founded on. And splinter groups from there. So religion could get you hung from area to area in a State at that time. Just not State to State. So they said religious freedom shall not be infringed on.

the USA replaced into and nonetheless is meant to be a land of spiritual freedom wherein persons can elect to have self assurance or not have self assurance in spite of they desire. collectively as this is genuine that the vast majority of early settlers have been Christians, the bill of rights is meant to guarantee the liberty for all and sundry to have self assurance or reject what they need.