A meme (reproduced in the comments section of this post) cropped up today on another site presenting an idea that I had hoped had died an ignominious death by now. The following is my response to it, and the reason it is in the comments is because I don't think it deserves the attention other than to illustrate what it is.

America is not a Christian nation, either. It was established as a secular state in which all religions, including Muslims, would be free to pursue their belief. "Under God" was added to the pledge as a result of legislation taking effect 14 June 1954.

Though a "Creator" is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, those mentions were not for the sake of establishing a Christian nation, but were aimed entirely at justifying and supporting revolution. It is true that the majority of the framers of the Declaration were "God fearing men" to one extent or another, and for that reason it would have been most surprising that the early document would not have included mention in one way or another of deity.

However, there are reasons why the Constitution that followed in 1787 did not include a single mention of deity. Those reasons are found in "...the stated purposes of the Constitution, its religious neutrality, and the theory of government it embodies. Whereas the Declaration explained and justified a rebellion to secure God-given rights, the Constitution is a blueprint for stable and effective republican government in a free country. The Preamble to the Constitution declares that its purposes are 'to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty.' These are wholly secular objects; religious references are extraneous in a document drafted to further them.

"Eighteenth century America was religiously diverse, and by the time of the Revolution religion was widely viewed as a matter of voluntary individual choice. The Constitution acknowledged these realities and, unlike contemporary European political orders, promoted no sect and took no position whatsoever on theological issues. There is no state religion and Article VI of the Constitution provides that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” The First Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1791, provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The absence of references to a deity in the Constitution is consistent with the strict religious neutrality of the entire document.

"The Constitution established a strong national government to replace the relatively feeble Confederation Congress created by the Revolutionary-era Articles of Confederation, but the Constitution is hardly a document glorifying top-down power. On the contrary, the theory of government underpinning the United States Constitution is popular sovereignty. The government derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed, not from an assembly of elders, not from a king or a prelate, and not from a higher power. The stirring opening words of the Preamble, “We the People of the United States,” make it clear both who is establishing the government and for whose benefit it exists. There is no consent required beyond the will of the people for the people to govern themselves.

"This view that the Constitution is a bold assertion of popular sovereignty is often countered by pointing out how elitist some of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were and how allegedly undemocratic the document they drafted was. Only the members of the House of Representatives were initially chosen directly by voters. Senators were to be chosen indirectly by state legislatures, and the President by electors appointed by the state legislatures."

The quoted elements of this response were taken from an article with URL given below. There is much more involved in this discussion, but it is a matter of historic fact that any attempt to call the United States a Christian nation is doomed to fail.

[allthingsliberty.com]

And just for a bit of hilarity: