Replies to post #511096 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[MrMike241]

Some notable founding fathers leaned toward being Deist. They are the reason America has freedom of religion and is not a Christian Theocracy.

George Washington
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay
Benjamin Franklin

https://study.com/academy/lesson/deism-the-founding-fathers-definition-beliefs-quiz.html#:~:text=Thomas%20Jefferson%20is%20generally%20considered,heavily%20influenced%20by%20deist%20thought.

[janice shell]

Then you were not looking:

Jefferson's bill, adopted in January 1786, stated “that the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.” The act provided: “that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.” Madison happily reported to Jefferson that the act extinguished for ever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.”

https://www.jamesmadison.gov/system/files/assets/teach-the-constitution/lessons/01_FoundersFreedomReligion.pdf

[MrMike241]

The Founding Fathers’ Religious Wisdom

This notion—that our country’s roots are explicitly Christian—is both foolish and wrong.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-founding-fathers-religious-wisdom/