Fundamentalist Christians and The Founding Fathers

Mention of Religious terms in The founding documents of the USA.

Constitution of the United States of America
Jesus - 0
God - 0
Christian/Christianity - 0
Religion - 1*

*"...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."


Bill of Rights
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Religion - 2*

*"...protecting the rights of the people by preventing Congress from abridging freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religious worship,..."
*"...Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."


Declaration of Independence
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God - 2* (including "Creator")
Christian/Christianity - 0
Religion - 0

*"...to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation."
*...that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..."


In 1797, the United States Senate ratified a Treaty with Tripoli that stated in Article 11:

"... the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; ..."