# Was the US founded on Christian principles?

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**Created:** [April 30, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-us-founded-on-christian-principles/687358 "2014-04-30T14:37:28Z")\
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> [@Resolved: Conservatives get whatever they want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-conservatives-get-whatever-they-want/687019/87):
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> Not following you here. Your contention was that no weight should be given to the use of “In the Year of Our Lord” because that’s the way all documents were dated. Correct?

No. No weight should be given to that phrase because that’s the way _many_ secular documents were dated.

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> And we now we both know that to not be the case. Correct?

From our various links, we both know that that phrase was often used in secular state documents. So it was just a common way to state the date (if not the only way), just like “A.D.”.

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