Us and Religion

There is a specific reason why the American government is not regulated by religious principles. It is simply not profitable. Even though at first glance, it may seem that this country has a Christian skew, it is only at first sight. The original idea of the first American settlers was freedom from mandatory religion and financial slavery. When creating the standards of living for their new society, they incorporated their own experiences and knowledge. This is the reason why some aspects seem to be somewhat Christian like.

"Economic theories of religious behavior assume that people approach religion in the same way that they approach other objects of choice. They evaluate its costs and benefits and act so as to maximize their utility" (Source 1). This country is based on choice; I believe this is the reason why the United States kept church and state government separate. But wait, if the church and government are separate, than the government is not responsible for any religion. This factor causes the religious branches to raise and fund their own budgets. Even though the religious parties are not taxed, they still spend massive amounts into the economy. With no specific religion in mind, this leaves the playing field open for the richest religion. In today world that would be Jews and Christians, which are very dominant in our current society, whether we can see them or not.

Through out time, as America has grown, it seems it was the right decision to make. New York and California are melting pots of the world, and I do not know if this would be true, if this government was based on a religion. An upper hand was also dealt to America by its late start. By the time it was establishing, transportation was a greater factor in life. When before people did not travel as often, now people were traveling across seas and blending with people. This lead the Americans to understand that people would be attracted to this country and basing it on religion would lessen the margin of immigrants. This was not the goal the Americans wanted, for an economically productive country, they needed the population to increase fast. This is underlying reason that America kept religion out of its government. This is how America revolutionized its self, because it was an economic country with no holds on what you can be or do.

"The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to