# "America was founded as a Christian nation," a guest preacher at my church claimed. Please help me dispute that **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 22, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-was-founded-as-a-christian-nation-a-guest-preacher-at-my-church-claimed-please-help-me-dispute-that/954769 "2021-11-22T14:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 114
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-was-founded-as-a-christian-nation-a-guest-preacher-at-my-church-claimed-please-help-me-dispute-that/954769/114 "2021-11-29T20:18:22Z")
**Modnote** : You’re failing to argue the content of the posts and are mildly attacking the posters with several of your replies. Please dial it down. I know you’re new, so I encourage you to follow our simple rules of debate. You might want to review the rules for Great Debates and Politics and Elections: > [@New Rules for Politics and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-politics-and-elections-january-2020/845727): > > Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and prone to sanctioning posters. You can compare it to sitting at the holiday dinner next to the crazy uncle who can’t help being unpleasant. Please don’t be that guy. Be aware that most rules are not ‘bright line’. This is intentional on our part as we believe such encourages poor … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-was-founded-as-a-christian-nation-a-guest-preacher-at-my-church-claimed-please-help-me-dispute-that/954769)._