关于美国是否是“以基督教立国”的国家 
--回应方舟子《无神论者是什么》附录

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〔附一〕关于基督教与美国历史的书目

FAITH OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS* by Tim LaHaye.

FAITH AND FREEDOM: THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF AMERICAN LIBERTY* by
Benjamin
Hart.

THE BULLETPROOF GEORGE WASHINGTON by David Barton. May be
ordered from
WallBuilders, PO Box 397, Aledo, TX 76008, 817-441-6044.

GEORGE WASHINGTON THE CHRISTIAN by William J. Johnson. May be
ordered
from Accelerated Christian Education, PO Box 1438, Lewisville, TX
76067-1438, 214-315-1776, item # 218.

THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY* by Peter Marshall and David Manuel.

THE STORY OF LIBERTY* by Charles Coffin. May be ordered from
Landmark
Distributors, 481 W. Guiberson Rd., Fillmore, CA 93015, 805-524-3263.

GOD AND GOVERNMENT: A BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY* by Gary
DeMar.
May be ordered from American Vision, PO Box 724088, Atlanta, GA 31139,

770-988-0555 or 1-800-628-9460 (orders only).

AMERICA'S PROVIDENTIAL HISTORY by Mark A. Beliles and Stephen K.
McDowell. May be ordered from The Providence Foundation, PO Box
6759,
Charlottesville, VA 22901, 804-978-4535.

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〔附二〕美国创建者关于基督教的引言

First of all, I . . . rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon
of all my sins. Samuel Adams, Signer of the Declaration

To my Creator I resign myself, humbly confding in His goodness and in
His mercy through Jesus Christ for the events of eternity. John Dickinson,

Signer of the Constitution

I resign my soul into the hands of the Almighty who gave it in humble
hopes of his mercy through our Savior Jesus Christ. Gabriel Duvall, U.S.
Supreme Court Justice; selected as delegate to Constitutional
Convention

This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion
of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed. Patrick
Henry

I render sincere and humble thanks for His manifold and unmerited
blessings,
and especially for our redemption and salvation by his beloved Son. . . .
Blessed be his holy name. John Jay, Original Chief-Justice U.S. Supreme
Court

I am constrained to express my adoration of . . . the Author of my
existence
. . . [for] His forgiving mercy revealed to the world through Jesus Christ,
through whom I hope for never ending happiness in a future state.
Robert
Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration

I think it proper here not only to subscribe to . . . doctrines of the
Christian religion . . . but also, in the bowels of a father's affection,
to exhort and charge them [my children] that the fear of God is the
beginning
of wisdom, that the way of life held up in the Christian system is
calculated
for the most complete happiness. Richard Stockton, Signer of the
Declaration

My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ and I
cannot cavil or quibble away [evade or object to]. . . . the whole tenor
of His conduct by which He sometimes positively asserted and at others
countenances [permits] His disciples in asserting that He was God. [6] John Quincy
Adams

Now to the triune God, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be
ascribed all honor and dominion, forevermore ?; Amen.[7] Gunning Bedford, Signer
of the Constitution

You have been instructed from your childhood in the knowledge of your
lost state by nature; the absolute necessity of a change of heart, and an
entire renovation of soul to the image of Jesus Christ; of salvation thro' His
meritorious righteousness only; and the indispensable necessity of
personal holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. [8] Elias Boudinot,
Revolutionary Officer and President of the Continental Congress (to his daughter)

You do well to learn . . . above all the religion of Jesus Christ. [9]
George Washington

[D]on't forget to be a Christian. I have said much to you on this head
and I hope an indelible impression is made. [10] Jacob Broom, Signer of the
Constitution (to his son)

On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits; not
on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts. [11] Charles Carroll,
Signer of the Declaration

I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus
Christ. [12] Thomas Jefferson

I think the Christian religion is a Divine institution; and I pray to God
that I may never forget the precepts of His religion or suffer the appearance of
an inconsistency in my principles and practice. [13] James Iredell, U.S.
Supreme Court Justice under President George Washington

My only hope of salvation is in the infnite, transcendent love of God
manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Nothing but His blood
will wash away my sins. I rely exclusively upon it. Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly!
[14] Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration

I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three
persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the same in substance, equal in
power and glory. That the Scriptures of the old and new testaments are a
revelation from God and a complete rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him. [15]
Roger Sherman, Signer of both the Declaration and the Constitution

I shall now entreat . . . you in the most earnest manner to believe in
Jesus Christ, for "there is no salvation in any other" [Acts 4:12]. . . . [I]f you
are not clothed with the spotless robe of His righteousness, you must forever
perish. [16] John Witherspoon, Signer of the Declaration

1. County of Allegheny v. ACLU; 106 L. Ed. 2d 472 at 543, Kennedy, J.
(concurring
in part and dissenting in part). 2. CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, November
28-29, 1994.
3. Steven Morris, "America's Unchristian Beginnings," Los Angeles Times,
August 3,
1995, p. B-9. 4. John Adams, Works of John Adams, Charles Francis
Adams, editor
(Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1856), Vol. X, p. 254. 5. Copies of these
wills
are in our fles and may be obtained from State archives and from
historical societies.
6. The Select Writings of John and John Quincy Adams, Adrian Koch and
William Peden,
editors (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946), p. 292, to John Adams on
January 3, 1817.
7. Gunning Bedford, Funeral Oration Upon the Death of General
Washington (Wilmington:
James Wilson, 1800), p. 18. 8. Elias Boudinot, The Life, Public Services,
Addresses,
and Letters of Elias Boudinot, President of Continental Congress (Boston
and New York:
Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., 1896), Vol. I, pp. 260-262. 9. George
Washington, The
Writings of George Washington, John C. Fitzpatrick, editor (Washington,
D.C.: U.S.
Government Printing Offce, 1932), Vol. XV, p. 55, to the Delaware Indian
Chiefs on
May 12, 1779. 10. From an autographed letter in our possession written
by Jacob
Broom to his son, James, on February 24, 1794, from Wilmington,
Delaware. 11. From
an autographed letter in our possession written by Charles Carroll to
Charles W.
Wharton, Esq., on September 27, 1825, from Doughoragen, Maryland. 12.
Thomas
Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Albert Ellery Bergh, editor
(Washington,
D.C.: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), Vol. XIV, p.
385, to Charles
Thomson on January 9, 1816. 13. James Iredell, The Papers of James
Iredell, Don
Higginbotham, editor (Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission,
1976), Vol.
I, p. 11. 14. Benjamin Rush, The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush, George
W. Corner,
editor (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948), p. 166. 15. Lewis
Henry Boutell,
The Life of Roger Sherman (Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co., 1896), pp.
272-273.
16. John Witherspoon, The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon
(Edinburgh: J. Ogle,
1815), Vol. V, pp. 276, 278, from "The Absolute Necessity of Salvation
Through
Christ," on January 2, 1758.

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