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I don't accept the premise of the question--that "millions of Americans in mixed marriages are unsure about their conception of God." For the most part, what bothers parents in mixed marriages--if in fact they are bothered--is how to mediate between cultural traditions rooted in conflicting ideas not only about God but about history itself.
To claim that America is a Christian nation because Christianity is the religion of the majority is as idiotic as it would be to claim that America is a white nation because a majority of its citizens (albeit a shrinking majority) appear to be white. No, wait--there are still troglodytes who rant about America being a "white Christian nation."
Since I do not believe in God, I could hardly believe that he has a son. Nor do I believe in the Holy Ghost.
In nearly every interview about my book, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism,I am asked whether I am an atheist or an agnostic. The bias--a profoundly American bias--implicit in this question is that only an "unbeliever" would want to write a historical work about the secular influences on the founding and development of our nation.
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