U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights were created using Christianity fundamentals

U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights were created using Christianity fundamentals

Introduction

The majority of the citizens of America believe that the United States of America was founded as a Christian nation. This did not mean the persecution of other religions or forcing people to become Christians or dominate the region with Christianity like many churches do in Great Britain even today. The following paper shows the evidences of the creation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights on the fundamentals of Christianity and reflects the religious element to it in a few instances where these documents focused over the freedom of practicing any form of religion and not forcing them to accept one or the other form of worshipping.

Discussion

The Bill of Rights and Christianity

A convention was held in 1787 in the State of Philadelphia. This convention drafted an extra ordinary document according to historical evidences. The U.S. Constitution of has created a system which keeps a check on power. Despite of the various benefits outlined in the constitution, they were ratified by different states. People were fearful that the constitution gave rights to the government and how they should practice their authority and ignored the rights of the common people (Graves, 2007). The Americans wanted the Constitution to be spelled out in a way that it portrays their rights. Those people who were against the drafted Constitution wanted a guarantee of their rights. Many conventions asked for a bill of rights and Thomas Jefferson argued that people should be able to fulfill their wish. A bill of rights is a document according to which people are able to get a few rights against any government and the government cannot refuse the practice of those rights. Congress agreed to the bill, and ten amendments were passed known as the Bill of Rights (Graves, 2007). The Bill of Rights was ratified and documented on 15th December, 1791. It is significant in history because of the Church element attached to it. According to the ratified document, it has been depicted that the Congress will not establish any law that restricts a religion or free exercise of any religious formality as it states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

According to the First Amendment, Congress is not allowed to pass any law that prohibits the free practice of any religion. This amendment was a result of a struggle for a long time of the religious groups who wanted to attain liberty. The First Amendment proclaimed that the United States cannot establish one common church to fall under the religion of Christianity like many other countries have done in Great Britain (Graves, 2007). People are free to choose their religion as stated: “Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...