The myth of a "Christian America"

Think about the "Christian America" myth for a moment: If America was truly founded as an explicitly Christian nation (as is continually proclaimed by "Christian" activists such as James Dobson, Pat Robertson, D. James Kennedy, Chuck Colson, Tim and Beverly LaHaye, Jerry Falwell, Bill Gothard, etc.), then why do we find no mention whatsoever of Jesus Christ in America's founding documents?--not in the Declaration of Independence nor in the Constitution of the United States! In fact, the Constitution does not even make a single reference to God! And the reference to God in the Declaration of Independence is merely "Nature's God," a God that is vague and subordinated to natural laws that everyone should know through common sense, i.e., "self-evident" truths.

Moreover, the Bible is never mentioned nor alluded to in either document! Nor is God or Jesus Christ mentioned in the hundreds of pages of the Federalist Papers (the "working documents" of the Founding Fathers). Strange stuff for a nation that some like to say was founded as "Christian." But myths die hard, if ever.

In addition....

Wasn't the Bible 'quite clear' on certain meats on certain days?

Wasn't the Bible 'quite clear' on clothing made of certain fibers?

Wasn't the Bible 'quite clear' on certain hues of human beings?

Wasn't the Bible 'quite clear' on sacrificing one's own son?

Wasn't the Bible 'quite clear' on killing, coveting, avarice, ...?

Wasn't the Bible 'quite clear' on animal sacrifices on stone altars?

It has become a matter of convenience for Christians to use and interpret only the 'correct' sections, of the 'correct' versions, of their Biblical material.

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