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Why Is Atheism So Unpopular In America?
- Thread starter Sunstone
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Atheism thrives in Japan and Western Europe. Are those not Democratic societies?
BucephalusBB
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I know we are
kai
ragamuffin
thats what i thought because of the religious persecutions in the old world.
a little some thing i found that seems relevant
Even more to the point, John Meacham in American Gospel: God, the Founders and the Making of a Nation cites the 1797 treaty with the Islamic nation of Tripoli of Barbary, negotiated under George Washington and approved unanimously by the Senate under John Adams, in which two presidents and a Senate declare before the world that the United States is a secular nation: "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion ... it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of harmony existing between the two countries."
source:A secular nation | Christian Century | Find Articles at BNET.com