U.S. is NOT a Christian Country

 I'm sick of hearing the U.S. is a Christian nation and was founded by Christians to reflect this.

It is not.

“The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” This was by John Adams.

George Washington Washington believed in religious freedom. Perhaps the most telltale indication of how religious Washington was came at the end of his life. On his deathbed no priest was called; no minister summoned. In life, he’d imparted to his children the importance of honesty and character, but no mention of religion. 

Thomas Paine wrote “Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God.” 

I suspect the well educated founding fathers knew history and the atrocities committed in the name of a god be it Henry XIII, Mary Tudor, Oliver Cromwell. The early Puritans in New England committed atrocities such as the hanging of Mary Dyer in the name of religion. Why would the founders want to go back to this bigotry and cruelty to prove my god is better than your god?

People who claim the United States is a Christian nation do not know history.