Christian nationalist founding claims are historically false.

Evidence

And these are myths: the United States was not founded by Pilgrims and Puritans. Ninety-eight percent of America’s inhabitants were not “evangelicals” at the founding. It has never been illegal to pray in public school. And the Constitution says absolutely nothing about God, the Bible, or the Ten Commandments. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 104

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies exactly which empire of historical falsehoods Christian nationalist rhetoric rests upon.
• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalist pastors claim America’s Christian heritage is evident in founding documents — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 38; The Christian-nation founding story contradicts documented history; Christian nationalist history is factually wrong, not merely interpretively different. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 105

Broader Connections

• The Christian-nation founding story contradicts documented history #corroborates (0.95)
• Christian nationalist history is factually wrong, not merely interpretively different. #expands (0.90) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 105