Sunday, November 04, 2007

The Government of the USA is not founded on the Christian religion

Today according to Australian Eastern Standard Time when this item was posted
1796 During the presidency of George Washington, the government of the USA signed its first treaty with another nation. That treaty, made with Tripoli, Libya, included the statement, "The Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion".

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

So reads Article 11 of the Treaty with Tripoli (Libya), signed on this day. It was the first treaty that the Americans signed with another nation.

The Tripoli Treaty is frequently cited to indicate that the USA was not founded on Christianity.

Was the USA founded on Christianity? in the Scriptorium

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

FUNDAMENTALISM
Fundamentalism is a Protestant term that originated in the United States. It comes from a series of twelve pamphlets called The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth, financed by two Christian businessmen who were brothers, Lyman and Milton Stewart. They were published between 1910 and 1915. They wanted to give Christians strength to withstand the rising influence of liberalism, secularism, and Darwinism.

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Blogger Pip Wilson said...

Thank you; I know full well as I was raised fundamentalist.

2:31 PM  

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