What were the religious views of our founding fathers?

hdeck

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jefferson wasn't christian.
franklin changed his religious views depending on his mood.
 

SuperTool

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Is it relevant? Regardless of what they were, the did a fine job keeping their own personal religious views out of the Constitution, respecting the rights of people to have a religion without the government shoving one down their throats.
 

Amorphus

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Originally posted by: SuperTool
Is it relevant? Regardless of what they were, the did a fine job keeping their own personal religious views out of the Constitution, respecting the rights of people to have a religion without the government shoving one down their throats.

*cough*flaming liberal
 

Quixfire

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Originally posted by: SuperTool
Is it relevant? Regardless of what they were, the did a fine job keeping their own personal religious views out of the Constitution, respecting the rights of people to have a religion without the government shoving one down their throats.
Excellent Reply, religious freedom is one of the main reason people from Europe settled here.