The fact that people state founding fathers blah blah without knowing actual history or the relevance to the period is highly frustrating.
Those who were not of Christian stock in this period were highly persecuted (or killed), so it was common for most to state their belief in God as to avoid such. As for our founding fathers let's talk about George Washington.
Washington was an early supporter of religious toleration and freedom of religion. In 1775, he ordered that his troops not show anti-Catholic sentiments by burning the pope in effigy on Guy Fawkes Night. When hiring workmen for Mount Vernon, he wrote to his agent, "If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists." In 1790, he wrote a response to a letter from the Touro Synagogue, in which he said that as long as people remain good citizens, their faith does not matter.
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The fact that people state founding fathers blah blah without knowing actual history or the relevance to the period is highly frustrating.
Those who were not of Christian stock in this period were highly persecuted (or killed), so it was common for most to state their belief in God as to avoid such. As for our founding fathers let's talk about George Washington.
Washington was an early supporter of religious toleration and freedom of religion. In 1775, he ordered that his troops not show anti-Catholic sentiments by burning the pope in effigy on Guy Fawkes Night. When hiring workmen for Mount Vernon, he wrote to his agent, "If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists." In 1790, he wrote a response to a letter from the Touro Synagogue, in which he said that as long as people remain good citizens, their faith does not matter.
This is all that should matter to another.
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