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Originally Posted by coadie
Do you consider the United States a Christian nation ...
Pew forum asks:
christianity used in concept when making laws.
http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Ele...-Politics.aspx
self identification is common in polls.
Example:
Nancy Pelosi thinks she is a devout catholic and favors abortion
The Catholic Bishops think she is not a catholic because of her rejection of the church principles.
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Hence my request to define "Christian nation". It doesn't surprise me to see that most Americans think of the U.S. as a Christian nation. But I think most of them are either just parroting what they've heard, or think that the term means "most inhabitants are (really, call themselves) Christians". That may be a useful concept, but I think some use the term more to mean "founded on Christian principles", which is what I've heard from pulpits a number of times.