It’s half-time! “Christian” nationalists (CN) were called out on assertions that the USA was founded as “Christian.” Support for those assertions must be in official records or any documents from the founding era & of undisputed authenticity. [FN86] To re-cap: 1/15

USA, a political entity [FN87] began no earlier than 7/4/1776. The Declaration of Independence (“Declaration”) did not create a government. [FN88] It borrows terms [FN89] from deism [FN90] to describe “God” & doesn’t mention Jesus Christ. Score: America 1 CN 0. 2/15

Congress authorized drafting a charter of government and that was the Articles of Confederation, [FN91] a document that mentions “Governor of the World,” a deist term. [FN92] In the “Year of Our Lord” [FN93] is of no meaning. [FN94] America 2 CN 0. 3/15

The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War and effusively mentions “God” for one of the two nations signing. It’s just that ours was not the country in question. It was England. [FN95] One more score for America. America 3 CN 0. 4/15

As noted previously, documents that called for the 1787 convention in Philadelphia or documents from that convention make no mention of Jesus Christ or a Christian deity. [FN96] There are two more scores for America against zero-zilch-nada for “Christian” nationalists. 5/15

With America up 5-0, we head to state ratification conventions. If the tone of this blog seems flippant: it is. We are in dark times. I’ve not cussed in today’s blog. That’s surprising, so I can live with “flippant. 6/15

Footnotes:
FN86. “How to evaluate whether the U.S. was founded as "Christian," Civil Discourse Now, 8/7/26. 7/15

FN87. “political: of, pertaining to or involving the state or its government” Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, 2001, 2d ed., p. 1497; “entity: something that has a real existence; thing.” Id., p. 649. 8/15

FN88. It stated basic principles (Preamble), counts of an indictment of King George III (main body), how ties w/Great Britain are dissolved & things the now-former colonies could do. (Conclusion). 9/15

FN89. “Nature’s God,” “Creator,” “Supreme Judge of the World,” & “divine Providence” See, David Holmes, Prof. Religious Studies, College of William and Mary, “The Faiths of The Founding Fathers,” Oxford Univ Press, 2006, p. 65. 10/15

FN90. a religion rejecting an anthropomorphic God,” but positing a naturalistic religion” w/“God” as a “supreme intelligence.” See, Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore, “The Godless Constitution,” (2005) p. 34. 11/15

FN91. Congressional Resolution was passed on June 11, 1776. “Occurrences Incident to Acts of Confederation,” 1 Elliot’s Debates, pp. 67-68.
FN92. Articles of Confederation, West’s Annotated Indiana Code, Constitution,” (1999), p. 17. 12/15

FN93. Id. 12/
FN94. Seidel, Andrew L., “Dating God: What Is ‘Year of Our Lord’ Doing in the U.S. Constitution?” 3 Constitutional Studies 129 (2018). 13/15

FN95. “Prince George the third, by the Grace of God,” “Defender of the Faith,” “Prince Elector of the holy Roman Empire.” National Archives, Founders Online, “Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United States and Great Britain, 3 September 1783,” accessed 6/19/25. 14/15

FN96. E.g., Civil Discourse Now, “How to evaluate whether the U.S. was founded as ‘Christian,’"; “God” made no appearance at the Convention or in Madison’s notes,” 8/13/26.
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