When the article says the following about Bush and Schwarzenneger it gives me just a bit o' pause:

"The answer is rather simple, yet extremely sad and very hard for any of us to believe. Both of these men hate and despise the God of Israel, the Lord Jesus Christ, and his teachings."

Just because Bush (a deeply dedicated evangelical Christian from what I have read and seen, just not a Christian Zionist, and certainly not a religious pluralist-I'd like to see a reference for this quote) thinks the Arabs are entitled to land and Schwarzenneger doesn't want to offend gays, that is proof that they hate God? Whether one agrees with either man's view or not, that seems a bit strong to me.

Pax.

The Statue of Liberty was supposed to be a veiled Egyptian woman and stand in the Suez Canal, you know.

http://www.klif.com/Backside_Of_American_History2.pdf
Read chapter 57, "The Statue of Liberty"

 

To what argument are you referring?  The OP isn't an argument, it's a treaty.  If you're referring to posts after it, you'll have to specify.  The post preceding yours was mine, and in it I presented no argument, but a bit of trivia concerning the Statue of Liberty.

As for the media, you must be confused about the thread you're reading, this one has nothing to do with them.

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First, I've never understood the point of the "Christian nation" argument unless its some sort of replacement theology making the United States the new Israel.

Second, the Founders were influenced by Christianity, yet took pains to insist that government and church not be entwined. Prior to the Revolution and even after the adoption of the Articles of Confederacy the official state churches in some states had the power to levy taxes to support their activities. They apparently saw this as not being a good idea.

Third, many of the Founders were Deists who rejected the supernatural revelation of God.

Notably Jefferson made his own heretic Bible which omitted all miracles including resurrection. In the early 1900's copies of the Jefferson Bible were given to new Congressmen who often took the oath of office on a Bible that did not contain the Old Testament and ends with a dead Jesus in the tomb!

Patrick Henry was a believer. When the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom was being considered the preamble stated
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free.
Henry and others moved to strike "Almight God" and substitute "Jesus Christ" and their amendment failed.

The Founders were influenced by the Bible but many weren't the pious believers the history changers would love for you to believe.

I had always believed it to be founded on Christian principles. But then someone made an interesting point that caught my eye.

Look what those "Christians" did to the native American's and to the slaves they brought over from Africa. That is not the signs of a Christian nation.

What "principles" are you talking about? 

Enlightenment = The Age of Reason

A time when Philosophy, Science/Reason ruled the thought processes and was the prime motivator in politics and advancement of mankind.  Overlapped with the Renaissance but helped usher in the ideology that would lead to the American Revolution.