The secularists' attack on religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of marriage, the sanctity of life, parental rights, private property and more is rooted in their claim that America is not a Christian nation, so, as they argue, Christian principles can't be part of our government. 

A debate on the issue was sponsored last fall by a University of South Carolina group of atheists and agnostics. It's our opinion that the winner of the debate is American history and Christian values, represented by our friend E. Ray Moore, founder of Exodus Mandate, which is helping rescue children nationwide from immoral government schools.

Learn how to stand on a firm foundation for the moral values that serve all families and all Americans. View the debate segments now.

DEBATE: IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION?

1. OPENING STATEMENT (MOORE)
2. OPENING STATEMENT (MOORE / SILVERMAN)
3. OPENING STATEMENT (SILVERMAN)
4. REBUTTAL (MOORE)  
5. REBUTTAL (SILVERMAN) 
6. CROSS EXAMINATIONS  
7. Q & A  
8. CLOSING STATEMENT (MOORE) 
9. CLOSING STATEMENT (SILVERMAN) 

BACKGROUND

Is America a Christian nation? Was it ever?
by Reach Out Columbia, January 2010

That was the topic of a debate last October between E. Ray Moore, president of Frontline Ministries, and Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Coalition for America and professor at the College of Charleston. Sponsored by the Pastafarians, a USC student organization for atheists and agnostics, the event drew Christians and non-Christians alike to consider Moore’s defense of America's Christian foundation and Silverman's denial of it.

"My goal was to defend the well-documented historical and spiritual truths lived out by our Founding Fathers, proving that America was indeed founded as a Christian nation," Moore says. "Although our country has ceased to honor some of the biblical principles that informed its foundation, much of America's Christian heritage remains. These facts cannot be debated away."

Both men approached their podiums with considerable qualifications for the debate. Dr. Silverman serves on the boards of the American Humanist Association and Atheist Alliance International and has debated similar topics at Oxford University. Early in 2009, he advocated the concept of the "godless Constitution" with an opinion editorial in the Washington Post. Nineteen years previously, he successfully sued the State of South Carolina to remove its religious oath for civil office holders.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
 Proverbs 29:2 NJKV