Is America a Christian State? And are the American people religious?

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what do you think

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

American is a country that was founded largely by Judeo Christians. But the country itself is secular. Right it's estimated that 65% of Americans are Christian compared to 85% 30 years. ago. But basically the majority have always identified as Christian.

So I guess to answer your question is we are a secular state with Christian overtones.

JustiReno · Accepted Answer

No and no. Pray to Jesus or Mephistopheles just don’t shoot anyone cuz you might get punched in the stomach followed by a broom in the bum

Agape93 · Accepted Answer

Over half are religious, but no, America is not and has never been a Christian state. Being one is unconstitutional.

nightdrot · Answer

As a legal and constitutional matter, the answer is a pretty obvious "no, the United States is not a Christian state." As a cultural matter, the question is a bit different, though even here it is in flux.

To start, compared to other democratic states like the United Kingdom, the United States is in no sense a "Christian" state - or any other religion for that matter. Indeed, the US Constitution forbids the prohibition of the free exercise of religion and the "establishment" of religion. This latter point meaning that the USA cannot create a religious office in the government of the United States.

The obvious example being the United Kingdom. In the UK, the Church of England (Anglican Communion) is the "established church." The monarch - currently King Charles III - is head of the Church of England. (Though to a great degree, as a matter of policymaking, this is a symbolic and ceremonial role with no formal powers.) Somewhat more significantly, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, and the 24 bishops of the Church of England, sit, debate and vote by right in the House of Lords. (The UK's upper chamber of Parliament.)

The archbishops and bishops do so, please note, in their official capacities as church officials. This would be explicitly prohibited under the American Constitution and legal system. The irony being, by the way, that in many respects, the UK has a more secular society than does the USA, as indicated, for example, by church attendance per capita in the UK being lower than in the USA. Thus, it would seem, an "established church" does not automatically presume a more Christian state.

That said, as a cultural matter, the USA tends to be more Christian - or religious generally - than not. In part the reasons for this being simply historical accident. The USA was founded by religious dissenters from the UK's "established" church and has been the home of religious refugees. Thus religious faith generally, and Christian values specifically, tend to be written into America's cultural DNA, so to speak.

Please note, by the way, that this is explicitly allowed under the American constitutional system. Allowing "freedom of religion" includes allowing people to advocate for the values in which they believe and practice. This ONLY stopping at the point where it becomes the advocacy of making a church an office or position of state.

Beyond that, though, Christian values tend to wax and wane with the culture. In the 1950s, church attendance in the United States reached record levels. (A previous period of two world wars (1917 to 1918/1941 to 1945), the Korean War (1950 to 1953), the "Forgotten Depression" (1919), the Great Depression (1930s), and a global pandemic (1918 to 1920) tending to make people aware of their mortality and human limitations, it must be supposed.)

Then church attendance declined in the 1960s and 1970s. Then, after the turmoil of those decades church attendance rose again in the 1980s and the 1990s. In recent years it has been in decline again,. Up and down it goes with the times, but in all these cases, there can be no doubt that there is a residual cultural influence of religion coming out of the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment. How that manifests itself in any given age will vary, but it is an irreducible - though not constitutional - element in American political life.

JDavid25 · Answer

Nah, most American people have associated Christianity with America, thereforeby defaultmany believe they are Christians.. But America is definitely more of a Secular state..

TroyDT2 · Answer

No. Never was. Founders were definitely Christian-friendly, and many were Christians, but the nation was not designed to be Christian.

American people... some are, some aren't. Again, friendly to religion, but not strictly religious.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

America is a continent, consisting of South, Middle and North America.

OddBeMe · Answer

America is a secular state, officially. Which opens a void for a shot load of religions. All of Europe have specific religions which cut down the void and now theyre more sedular.

TheMoralCrusader · Answer

Well a good amount of the people are religious but the motherfuckers who run the country are Satanic.

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

Some people are trying to turn it into a Christian state

Anonymous · Answer

They used to be then the Left got their way. Now it’s obviously a paradise. 🙄

WindAtMyBack · Answer

No and no.

Pterodon · Answer

Overall yes

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