"It's complicated." -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/22/2018 11:37AM
Board poll: Did the founders believe that the US was a Christian nation? -- KaHOOnah 03/21/2018 2:34PM
No. While most, perhaps all founders believed in the Christian principles, -- JohnHoo2 03/22/2018 10:25AM
No ** -- Hoocinogenic 03/22/2018 09:24AM
If they believed it you would think that it would be enshrined............. -- Chuck Taylor 03/21/2018 9:56PM
Nope. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/21/2018 9:46PM
Yes. ** -- ryno hoo 03/21/2018 7:41PM
Oy vey! ** -- Hoos Operator 03/21/2018 7:29PM
No. Pretty sure there was a little thing called the First Amendment that -- Hoo05Dave 03/21/2018 6:04PM
No, but they respected Providence. ** -- graycalhoo 03/21/2018 5:56PM
YES ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/21/2018 5:25PM
No. Most founders were deists. ** -- THECZAR 03/21/2018 4:55PM
No ** -- WaxHoo 03/21/2018 4:33PM
No ** -- NJHoo 03/21/2018 4:16PM
It was a "nation of Christians", not to be a "Christian nation" ** -- GoHoos99 03/21/2018 4:10PM
Much to vague a question for a meaningful yes-no answer -- fishhoo 03/21/2018 3:57PM
Sorry, but too much nuance in an answer to simply say yes or no -- Late 80s Hokie 03/21/2018 3:54PM
It's an easy answer; they founded a government with no official religion -- Seattle .Hoo 03/21/2018 9:50PM
I agree most with this. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/21/2018 5:55PM
No. ** -- Hokieesith 03/21/2018 3:41PM
What is meant by Christian nation? -- TpkeHoo 03/21/2018 3:09PM
Like all "what did the founders believe?" it depends on the founder. ** -- HoosWillWin 03/21/2018 3:06PM
Founders didn’t identify as a Christian nation -- Simeon 03/21/2018 3:01PM
No. No such thing as a "Christian nation". ** -- Hokie5150 03/21/2018 2:52PM
What makes you say that? There certainly are Christian Nations, and have -- WahooRQ 03/21/2018 2:55PM
There can be nations made up of Christians and/or based on Christian ideals -- Hokie5150 03/21/2018 2:59PM
And a corporation doesn't have freedom of religion or speech. :) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/21/2018 9:48PM
True, but people can use corporations as an expression of both... ** -- Hokie5150 03/22/2018 07:36AM
Yeah, thanks to a couple of fucked SCOTUS decisions. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/22/2018 7:26PM
Who the hell would impute to a corporation the rights of a person? ** -- NJHoo 03/21/2018 10:25PM
Who indeed....:D ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/21/2018 10:30PM
Take it easy on 5150. He spends 99% of his days Lobbying for his Hobby. ** -- WahooRQ 03/22/2018 10:55AM
LOL, I guess the Islamic State doesn't exist and Israel isnt' a Jewish -- WahooRQ 03/21/2018 3:02PM
What is a Christian?** -- Hokie5150 03/21/2018 3:36PM
...actually the answer is very obvious. The opposite of RQ :>0 ** -- Tuckahokie 03/22/2018 07:49AM
A castrated turkey? No, that’s something else. ** -- WahooRQ 03/21/2018 6:16PM
Billy Graham, Mother Theresa, Pope John Paul II, and Martin Luther King ** -- Tuckahokie 03/21/2018 3:58PM
You left out DT -- NJHoo 03/21/2018 4:18PM
All people who made a personal decision to accept Christ as their Savior. ** -- Hokie5150 03/21/2018 4:01PM
Yep...and spread the message through words and deeds ** -- Tuckahokie 03/21/2018 4:12PM
Acts alone, though, doesn't make one a Christian. ** -- Hokie5150 03/21/2018 5:52PM
They were conflicted. So no. ** -- Shenhoo 03/21/2018 2:51PM
My first thought without research is no. ** -- WahooMatt05 03/21/2018 2:50PM
Yes...at least the majority ** -- Tuckahokie 03/21/2018 2:46PM
No. Deist-elitist utopia. ** -- WahooRQ 03/21/2018 2:46PM
Gotta agree with this. It's important this experiment includes the -- Lupos 03/21/2018 2:58PM
Any of them? Probably. Most of them? No. -- Beerman 03/21/2018 2:36PM