The Atheist Directory

Christian Nation?

• 5 Reasons America Is Not—And Has Never Been—A Christian Nation The myth that America is a Christian nation is not only untrue, but promotes the pernicious idea that non-Christians are second-class citizens.
• The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense founded on the Christian religion Many Religious Right activists have attempted to rewrite history by asserting that the United States government derived from Christian foundations. This idea simply does not hold to the historical evidence.
• The United States as a Christian nation It is a common assertion among American wingnuts and figures on the Religious Right that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. This is, of course, a textbook example of negationism.