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In reply to the discussion: Our founding fathers were not Christians. [View all]Major Nikon
(36,817 posts)So please be very careful when you try to contradict me and pay attention to exactly what I claimed.
Washington never even revealed what he believed to his family, much less anyone else. Belief in a divine entity does not make one a Christian. Going to church does not make one a Christian. Praying however often does not make one a Christian. So you may think he was "certainly" a Christian, but you actually have no evidence of this. All anyone has is conjecture. There is also considerable evidence that Washington wasn't a Christian. Even historians are quite divided on the subject.
So if you think it's incorrect to argue that these men were not "Christians," by all means state your counter argument. I've researched it quite a bit and what I've found is out of the 7 you have at least 5 that weren't Christian, one was, and one was impossible to determine with any certainty, but at the very least never identified himself as a Christian. If you have other information, I'd be glad to see it.
As far as what the founding fathers wanted, I believe that none of them were anti-religious, they just didn't want organized religion to have any influence over governance, because they very well knew the consequences of this.