In Benjamin's Franklin own autobiography he states that he is a deist.

His parents being Puritans and upbringing being religious means that he has to be of the same religion of his parents?

You could argue most of the country was Protestant because it was. But the men behind the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were heavily influenced by deist thought at the time.

This post was edited by sir_lance_bb on Jul 1 2017 10:47am

A Christo-centric Deism, but deism none the less.

Deism is a philosophy. Protestantism was their religion...

Why do clueless people like you pretend to know things and then talk about them?

Depends really. Someone like Thomas Jefferson very much was against organized religion but deism is solidly recognized was a prevailing thought of many of the intellectuals of that time period.

Jefferson's beliefs and statements made about the 1st amendment in regards to religion is the biggest support for separation of church and state.

I think most Christians would agree that you can't really call yourself Christian if you don't believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ , which a lot of Deists in the colonies asserted.



Many of them did not personally identify to be anything typical of organized religion. Many of them rejected or didn't place importance in revelations , salvation , or even the divinity of Jesus.

The ideology behind the 1st amendment and freedom of religion was about removing any organized influence of religion. The church and state are separate entities and that religion is a personal matter and not intertwined within the state in order to protect religious liberty and the governing of the state to allow for both to operate.

And Deism is a philosophy about the topic of RELIGION.

This post was edited by sir_lance_bb on Jul 1 2017 11:03am

Not a statistical argument. Also incorrect. It is based on Enlightenment values.

This post was edited by Skinned on Jul 1 2017 11:33am

You can lie all you want but they all went to church on sunday and followed Christian morality.

You mean the Christian morals of ensuring anybody can worship any god they want? That's pretty anti Christian.

Separation of church and state...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/donald-trump-greatest-threat-international-security-mi6-sir-john-sawers-herzliya-israel-security-a7805251.html



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