jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
I think that the beauty of our Constitution is that while it does draw on Christian principles, it can exist in a secular nation.
"That all men are created equal" stands just as true, whether you believe in God, Allah, Buddah, or nothing at all. It is the basic principle that a lot of fairly non Christian organizations use as their foundation for their civil rights pushes.
What is also beautiful about our Constitution is that while again, founded one what are very typical Judeo Christian values, they also do not force anyone to follow a particular religions, which is vastly different than most religious states around the world, where you must join that religion to have all the rights afforded to citizens of that nation.
Further, while certain items of human morality differ as it pertains to human sexuality, by in large, even an atheist would agree to many of the same principles of right and wrong. Is stealing wrong? Yes. Is murder wrong? Yes. The list goes on.
Its amazing that a set of religious principles that largely underpin western society as we know it, afford us the freedom to completely try to buck said religious influence, yet many of the same tenants of morality are exactly the same. But some how since they are man made vs. based on religion, they are now so much better than before.
"That all men are created equal" stands just as true, whether you believe in God, Allah, Buddah, or nothing at all. It is the basic principle that a lot of fairly non Christian organizations use as their foundation for their civil rights pushes.
What is also beautiful about our Constitution is that while again, founded one what are very typical Judeo Christian values, they also do not force anyone to follow a particular religions, which is vastly different than most religious states around the world, where you must join that religion to have all the rights afforded to citizens of that nation.
Further, while certain items of human morality differ as it pertains to human sexuality, by in large, even an atheist would agree to many of the same principles of right and wrong. Is stealing wrong? Yes. Is murder wrong? Yes. The list goes on.
Its amazing that a set of religious principles that largely underpin western society as we know it, afford us the freedom to completely try to buck said religious influence, yet many of the same tenants of morality are exactly the same. But some how since they are man made vs. based on religion, they are now so much better than before.