Response to crazy ol' Christian coot

I came across this nonsense yesterday from OpEdNews. Unfortunately they make you jump through hoops in order to comment, so I'll just do it here.

"It was just generally accepted that our founders were Christian and that it was the Christian influence that gave rise to our principles and institutions."

No doubt it was. A lie told enough times will become accepted as truth.

"Thanks to government schools and the teaching of the general theory of organic evolution there has been a rise of militant atheism."

Perhaps thanks to attempts to educate children they don't blindly accept mistaken beliefs like yours above, Bill. They know the truth of their nation's history, it's founding and founders, and also they learn about much more like science and the scientific method of inquiry.

"The atheist simply ignores the proposition set out in our Declaration of Independence that our rights come from our Creator"

You sir simply ignore a great deal of our history and the circumstances at the time of our revolt. The nations of the world were monarchies, so not only did our Declaration of Independence put us at risk from British reprisal, it also put us at risk of reprisal from other monarchs, for they could see our revolt as thumbing our noses at the institution of monarchical government. But see, every monarch laid claim to authority by claiming it came from a god, and they were put on their thrones to do his bidding. Our Declaration actually makes the claim that George was in breach of contract, effectively not doing the bidding of god. That's a different story, and it worked to keep others out of the war; furthermore, had that not been stated that way, we may never have gotten France's aid, and thus, never won our Independence.

"The dominate theology of the founders was Christianity..."

The dominate practice of the founders was slavery, too. So what? In fact, not only do I reject your claim that they were mostly Christian, I would also say each who claimed to be Christian had very different ideas about what that meant. Try looking at Jefferson's bible some time.

Also Bill, I think you should consider not just reading up on your nation's history, world history and ancient history, but also yoru bible. The principles our nation was founded one do not come from the bible. Equality? I don't think so. Democracy? Nope. Freedom of religion? Absolutely not. Slavery certainly, but thankfully we've overcome such things.