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lees1975

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2. The term "Christian nation" can have different meanings.
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 10:48 PM
Sep 2024

But in the context of what we are looking at as a political influence now, it means a nation whose leaders are all Christian by similar testimony of faith, and whose laws and governance are based on Christian principles, faith enforced by government which determines how to define the term "Christian." Britain has a state church, and membership in that state church is required of its monarchs, but not of its government officials.

There is no intention to establish a nation with its leaders all of the same persuasion of Christianity in the Christian gospel, or Christian teaching, nor was there any intention of Americas founders to establish a similar nation.

Read futher in the linked article to get the main point.

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