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Yes it was.

Hitler may or may not have been a "practicing" Catholic, but he subscribed to the Church's long-standing anti-Jewish teachings.

"Therefore, I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the Jews, I am doing the Lord's work." -- from "Mein Kampf"

As I understand it, the Pope at the time pretty much looked the other way while Hitler's regime killed so many Jews. -Jeff Miller

.... and he had such a good batting average with his other predictions, then, didn't he?

The US was not founded on Christian values. In fact, many of the founding fathers were Unitarians.

Pretty Interesting.. Constitution does not mention anywhere seperation of Church and State.

It all comes to down to is that people will vote for those who have the same ideas as they do, or almost the same. And when someone is of the same faith.. that tends to sway a person because they think that their ideas will be similar!

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You used the wrong form of "there".

I'm not sure where you get your facts from, but attempting to destroy all the Jews from the face of the Earth is not a Catholic practice.

To start "in god we trust" was not put on coins by the founding fathers. The motto was placed on two cent pieces (yup, they stopped making those around 1873) during the civil war (meaning there were only coins with "In god we trust" for less then a decade until the 1950's). The in the 1950's the motto re-appeared on a variety of coins. So, no the founding fathers had nothing to do with "In god we trust"

When you say "Or entire constitituion was built on their belief in God," I will assume you meant that Our constitution (you should learn about spell check, 'tis awesome...btw) was built on that belief. However, I greatly disagree. For example, "Jesus ... I have ... some doubts as to his divinity"(Alice J. Hall, "Philosopher of Dissent: Benj. Franklin," National Geographic, Vol. 148, No. 1, July, 1975, p. 94.)(Thats a citation...btw). This quote belongs to Benjamin Franklin, and I will assume you know that he is a founding father of the United States of America.

Perhaps you are under the impression Benjamin Franklin was a man whore of an evil scientist, in that case how about some word from the good old Thomas Jefferson "Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth" (Notes on Virginia, 1782; from George Seldes, ed., The Great Quotations, Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1983, p. 363.).

Not good enough for you? I suggest you do a little research or seek a formal education so you can avoid making arrogant comments that suggest you are ignorant of your own history.

You're wrong on multiple counts. One, it was the Church of England that they were trying to escape, not the Roman Catholic Church. Two, the amendment is worded as follows:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."

That first line alone states that there was basis for this so called "Christian" nation. According to the Constitution, Christians are only equal to every other religion, or lack there of.

Not to mention that the Freemason founding fathers were mostly Deists. You can find quotes regarding their views on religion in the United States all over the web, but as always, make sure to use a reputable site.

"I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did."
- Ben Franklin,letter to his father, 1738

"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst." - Thomas Paine

"The Bible is not my book, nor Christianity my profession."
-Spoken by Abraham Lincoln, quoted by Joseph Lewis

Our Founding Fathers were Christians. They left to get away from the roman catholic church, not religion. Or entire constitituion was built on their belief in God. The Ammendment doesn't say "Freedom of religion" it says "Freedom to worship God in your own way" so in a sense, you could almost say that people who do not believe in God are agaisnt our constitution, not saying they are, but its sumthin to think about when your talking about this subject. Their belief in God was also why they put "In God we trust" on our coins.

So I think alot of people are looking for relion in politics because our country was built on people who believed in God!

First, you might consider voting for who you think has the most ideal platform and not base it on the bipartisan party, see synecdoche. Secondly, your argument is flawed in the respect that this country might not of been founded with original religious constrictions, but it was founded on the basis of religion. As religion is where most of society pulls their moral dispositions from.

It is very simple. The Christians don't care about global warming because jesus is coming back soon and will fix everything. These pinheaded religious nuts don't care about anything that doesn't concern itself with mythical beings, or the return of some nut job christ. They're idiots. Religion is a form of metal illness and it is up to the rational peoples of this planet to put an end to this absurdity that we call religion. If we don't rid the world of religion, religion will rid the world of us.

Here's a Christian Crusade gem, from the First Crusade - that feelgood hit that started the whole franchise.

The Crusaders committed numerous atrocities against Muslim populations: mass executions, throwing of the heads of Muslim over besieged cities, exhibition and mutilation of naked Muslim cadavers, or cannibalism as in the 1098 Siege of Maarat.

Sounds worse than Saddam huh? These were Christians fighting in the name of god.

Labeling Christians as being a religion that murders "in the name of God" is, first of all, placing Christians into an unearned stereotype. "Christians" who murder in "the name of God" are usually mentally unstable people (as most murderers are) who joined cults that really don't reflect the values of the Christian religion. There is always the occasional group of wack-jobs that bomb abortion clinics and shoot pro-choice doctors. Nevertheless, they are still a minority amoung the overwhelming number of murders done in the name of avarice, jealousy, drugs, etc.
Hitler, an athiest, killed millions of Christians and Jews alike. That was certainly not in the name of God.

Hypothetically, if people who are religious base their moral values, livelyhood, and choices with the beleifs of their affiliated religion, then why shouldn't they let their religious values affect their political decisions? To most people, religion is the foundation of their beleifs and structure of their life. If religion is the basis of someone's life, then of course there're going to make political decisions that reflect the choices they make in their day-to-day life. Aren't the decisions we make in politics voicing our beleifs and moral values?
Although it might seem like a hopeless case to try to overturn the Roe vs. Wade movement, that doesn't mean that we should stop fighting. It's just a matter of time before technology reveals to us enough proof that an unborn baby is alive as much as we are.
In addition, the reasoning behind the Roe vs. Wade movement is frightening. This could be applied to many more situations; and could possibly evolve into the reduction of basic human rights.

Because...atheism is dumb? And because without God, nations have executed over 200 MILLION men, women and children. Atheistic governments are a joke. That's why.

the Pilgrims of the Mayflower and other Puritan New England settlers came here to have freedom from English religion and set up a Protestant theocracy as they saw fit (these are the same people who carried out the Salem Witch Trials and banned Christmas celebrations, because of their strict brand of Protestantism). Some English Protestants went to France and the Netherlands to practice their religion but saw their children losing English identity and culture, thus requested the English monarchy grant them land in the New World for themselves and went to what is now known as New England. Rhode Island was founded by religious outcasts Roger Williams first, then Anne Hutchinson. Maryland was supposed to be a haven for Roman Catholics but got overrun by Protestant settlers; Pennsylvania and a southwestern portion of New Jersey was supposed to be a colony for Quakers. The people in the South, those that founded the Virginia Colony and the Southern colonies were looking for riches, to get out of debtor's jail, to start a new life or other economic advancement and freedom. So, yeah, a good portion of the colonies were founded for religious reasons. However, our "Founding Fathers", the leaders of the American Revolution and the first leaders of the newly organized united states of America (I didn't capitalize in "united states" on purpose) saw that religion mixed in with affairs of state would be a disaster waiting to be unleashed as it was in England and countless times in the colonies, so purposefully and deliberately left it out of government. So, no, this country was not founded as a Christian or any other faith-based nation.

the government NOT involved with family values and basic morality? while there is no state funded or backed religion or set of core values, I'd say it's patently false that the government "is NOT involved with family values, and especially not basic morality". for one thing take a look at our tax code, inheritance and property laws, etc. that rewards the married family unit over all other types of families; then there are the same sex laws, sodomy laws and adultery laws, certain states explicit prohibitions against certain sex acts, prostitution laws; all of which look to me like family values oriented legal code. the government absolutely regulates basic morality: laws against murder (including human euthanasia or assisted suicide), lying (perjury), stealing, cheating, laws against certain kinds of personal drug use (marijuana, for example); all of which appear to be legal codes regulating basic morality. i'm not saying it's all bad or good, but understand that the government does legislate and regulate family values and basic morality, and, it does so to the extent that we, the people, allow it to do so.
btw, while there is no state backed religion, our government does prefer religion over "no religion" as evidenced by the tax-exempt status of religious organizations. i don't think (someone correct me on this if i'm mistaken) organized atheist groups can claim tax-exempt status in a similar manner.

@anonymous...
no he didn't, Marx saw religion as the 'opiate of the people'; to him religion was a tool for oppressing people and their way of dealing with that oppression. Eliminate religion and people will realise they are being exploited and rise up. he thought that in his communist utopia religion would wither and die because it was unecessary. he never claimed religion was necessary for freedom.

The Japanese do not base their laws on any form of supreme being. Do they have less freedom than the citizens of Iran - where the law is clearly based around God's law?

It's a good thing nobody said anything about eliminating religion.

jkerr, the government is NOT involved with family values, and especially not basic morality. PR consultants only use these ideas to seduce the unwashed masses because the tactic is successful in getting their guys elected.

Oh, the hypocrisy.