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‘基督教是這個國家的本,他們是靠基督教立國的。’ 昨天我表示基本上同意你的說法。後來仔細想過,有在網上看了一些東西,發現你的說法其實是不正確的。這裡是我在網上找到的:
The 'Treaty of Tripoli' (June 7, 1797) specifically states, in Article 11: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..." This treaty, unanimously approved by the Senate and signed into law by John Adams only a few years after the ratification of the Constitution, is taken by constitutional scholars to be a clear and unambiguous declaration of the intent of the founders. 政教分離是美國立國的基本原則之一。當然,基督教作為西方文化的重要組成部分,對美國的政治有非常大的影響,但並不能說成是立國之本。
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