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re: Do you believe that the United States was founded as a Christian Nation?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:42 pm to REG861
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:42 pm to REG861
The OP is completely correct. The vast majority of founding founders were deists, especially Paine. We were founded on Judeo-Christian morals and laws, though. They believed in God, but they leaned toward believing God was not directly involved in the lives of people. Basically, they believed like most people, that if they believed there is a God, then they would go to heaven when they die. I'm a devout Christian and do not agree with that belief.
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:50 pm to arcalades
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The vast majority of founding founders were deists, especially Paine
So there's one. Is one a vast majority now? I'll throw in Ethan Allen. Now you got two.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:28 pm to arcalades
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The vast majority of founding founders were deists, especially Paine.
I'm not even sure Paine was a Deist, he may have been an out-and-out atheist.
I will say this, Adams was definitely a Christian and my suspicion is that Washington was too, although we don't have hard evidence. David McCullough in his Adams biography cites that Washington regularly attended religious services and describes a moving scene in the first inaugural ceremony where Washington is out on the balcony in Philadelphia, swears on the Bible, kisses it and holds it out to the crowd. We don't have any official declarations on G.W. but my gut says he was in the Christian camp.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 3:46 pm to arcalades
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The vast majority of founding founders were deists, especially Paine.
Not even close to being true
People need to realize there were more founders than just those who appear on currency
A vast majority were Christians, Reverends, etc. and only a handful were deists.
Do your research
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