The nation in which I live is the only one I'd ever want to live in. The religious freedom awarded to us as Americans is a freedom that is the most gracious in history.
We can pursue our beliefs how God directs us. This gives people the oppurtunity to find Christ for themselves and search for God in their own way.
But with this freedom how is America identified today?
Some people would say that America is not a Christian nation. Many people say it is.
I believe it is a Majority Christian nation, with two rising camps of religious/philosophical influence.
Militant Atheism is on the rise in the United States, as well as conversion to Islam.
Militant Atheism is becoming more and more the norm in most circles, and one could be seen as less than inteligent if he or she were to share their belief in Christ or God. This is most credited to the Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens movement in literature.
Islam is reaching out more thoroughly in prisons and college campuses.
Even with these two factors I still hold to America being a Majority Christian nation.
More Americans are Christian than any other faith. Christmas and Easter are state holidays. When polled most Americans identify as Christian. Christianity has played an important role of the morals of the men who founded this country. We have a long Christian tradition.
Although Atheism is growing and Islam is also holding it's own, American remains and most likely will remain a Majority Christian nation.
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