Can America Be Great Again?

The reformation which was started by Martin Luther in 1517, gave rise to the Puritans who fled from Europe because of the persecutions and went to the land which came to be known as, the United States of America (USA) and a new nation was given birth to, basing on Christian principles. The Puritans risked their lives to cross the ocean in the Mayflower because they were fleeing from religious persecution. They were named Puritans, a derogatory term for their brand of extreme Christianity - and things went badly for them in England in the last half of the 16th century. The persecution they faced in England was genuine. People were killed for their beliefs. So they fled to Holland, hoping for better reception of their particular beliefs. The trouble is, the Dutch were far too tolerant and libertine for the severe Puritans, however, the Puritan Pilgrims left Holland for the "New World" not to escape religious persecution, but because they were not allowed to impose their extreme code of morality on those around them. They were not allowed to inflict their beliefs on people who did not share their beliefs. The Puritan pilgrims, became the Founding Fathers of USA, though some of these had some diverse beliefs such as, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine were Deists. (For those unfamiliar with Deism, it acknowledges a creator but disavows any sort of interaction between the creator and the creation. In other words, God made the world but left us to our own devices, not conversing with us through holy writings, revelations, or prayers.) Alexander Hamilton was Anglican. James Madison called himself Anglican but was more of a Deist. John Adams was a Congregationalist early on, but he converted to Unitarianism. John Jay was an Orthodox Christian etc, never the less, God used them to begin a God fearing Christian nation in the names of USA.