Where does the movement to make the United States a Christian country come from logically speaking? This country was founded on the freedom to practice religion, that is in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment wasn’t an accident, it was first, it was thought about. That means you as a citizen of this country have the freedom to be a Christian of whatever denomination or flavor you want. Without the First Amendment you couldn’t pick which church you go to. The current day Baptists might have to go to a Mormon church instead. The First Amendment is great, it even gives you the freedom of speech so you can tell other people about your great religion. But to try to impose that religion into your government and thereby giving the indication, either in fact or appearance, that the state has a specific associated religion, that strips away the freedom for all citizens to have the freedom that allowed those Christians to be Christians in the first place. I understand that this is just reinforcing what has already been determined by the US Supreme Court that there should be a separation between Church and State, but there are still many people in the nation who say “this is a Christian nation.” But that is an incorrect statement, this is a nation where you are free to practice your own religion of your choosing, and more have chosen Christianity than any other religion, but it is that freedom that allows the nation to have that ability to choose to be Christian if they want that makes it a great and free nation. So why would you try to take away that beautiful freedom and force everyone to conform, doesn't that oppose the values of our nation? Isn't that the oppression that the country’s founders were trying to avoid when they created the country?
While religion itself has no place in government the morals which are included in the bible may be included in government, but that is not the same thing as imposing religion into government by, for example, making bible teaching mandatory in public school or making biblical law into societal law. Additionally, several Christian morals like ‘don’t kill’ and ‘don’t steal’ are pretty universal in any society, even Muslim and other non-Christian societies, believe it or not. For the bible or bible readers to take credit for these morals is presumptuous, inaccurate, and self-righteous. I’m sure the Egyptians and Sumerians had these morals in their culture before Christ or Moses came around. So while some of the morals in the bible are good for society, I don't think we can make the case that it's all of them, and they are morals that are not necessarily bible specific or derived. They are morals that are good for society and essentially stem from treating others as you would want to be treated.
