greenmountaineer wrote:
The United States was founded by a bunch of Secular Humanists. Back in that day they were called Deists. According to Professor Holmes at William and Mary University, after he researched the writings of clergymen who knew them, it turned out that George Washington, John Adams, Tom Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe were all Deists. That's the first five Presidents. Ben Franklin, in his autobiography, states that he became a Deist after reading Christian pamphlets against Deism. Apparently the Christian arguments were not very convincing. Thomas Paine was a Deist and wrote the 2nd book ever published in the Western Hemisphere explaining Deism. Ethan Allen, was a Deist. In the opening of his book, "The Oracles of Reason" he states that he was "not a Christian unless infant baptism make it so." So don't be afraid of Secular Humanism. It's as American as apple pie. In fact, if you are a Christian, it is due to us Deists that you are allowed to worship as you wish.
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Washington a Deist? Not hardly. But it fits well the narrative espoused by the 4% who claim to be Atheist.
our Founders were classical liberals. Liberalism, classical liberism, as found in early America, holds nothing in common with what Progressives once called themselves then dropped the title liberal because it almost became a dirty word. The resurrection of Progressive in America has deep roots in c*******m. Marxism and hedonistic humanism (not classical) found a home in the captured Democrat Party and that seed is now well planted and accepted by many ignorant Americans.
You said "it is due to us Deists that we are allowed to worship as we wish." You don't really take credit for supplanting the will of God?
Chip it in stone and contrary to what Obama declared, America became a Christian nation when that first foot stepped on Plymouth Rock. Don't ya think?