America Was Explicitly NOT Founded on Judeo-Christian Principles
It was founded upon ideas which have been adopted into Christian dogma.
October 11th, 2008 by Cliff Lyon 
Cliff Lyon
October 11th, 2008 by Cliff Lyon Cliff Lyon
It was founded upon ideas which have been adopted into Christian dogma.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
From Wikipedia:
“Since 1189, English law has been described as a common law rather than a civil law system (i.e. there has been no major codification of the law, and judicial precedents are binding as opposed to persuasive). This may have been due to the Norman conquest of England, which introduced a number of legal concepts and institutions from Norman law into the English system.”
I don’t think anyone would be surprised that English/British Common Law would be heavily influenced by christianized Normans arriving in 1066 AD, long after the Saxons themselves were christianized.
Obviously some elements of Common Law go back ten thousand years, but to say that Common Law origins are devoid of any Christian influence is not accurate.
Now, Jefferson could be wrong about the history of common law, but that doesn’t mean that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. It just means that this video is not a good defense for the argument.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Sorry… “long after the Saxons themselves HAD BEEN christianized.”
Just wanted to get the tense correct.