Miracles

[Troubleshooter]

Originally posted by mrnoodle
You could as easily say that our laws are rooted in sun-worship, ancestor-worship, Hinduism, or anything else, if you follow that tack. The question is, is it more likely that in helping to draft the founding documents, one would have been drawing on his knowledge of Sikh ethics, or the bible of the predominant religion of the western world?

I agree that the flavor of the constitution/gov't is christian, but I also think that the importantce of that influence is overstated. A lot of the ideas in the bible are rooted in good social mechanics, but a lot of the ideas in the bible are also rooted in social control techniques to maintain their power structure.

That being said, christianity is no different from any other religion in wanting to maintain their power base. And there is no stronger power base than a popular oligarchy .