The Founding Myth
by Andrew L. Seidel
God didn’t sign the Constitution.
For you if
you keep hearing that America was founded as a Christian nation and want the actual constitutional argument against that
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Seidel takes a sledgehammer to the “Christian nation” narrative, revealing how the Founders built America on reason, not revelation. He blends legal insight with righteous humor, showing that the wall between church and state isn’t anti-religion — it’s the only thing keeping belief free. A lucid defense of secular democracy in a time of creeping theocracy.
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