How do you define a Christian? Can you show me one quote from George Washington where he says Jesus Christ was not only God but his personal Lord and Savior, please?
The evidence form him and his contemporaries was overwhelming - he was a Christian. His upbringing from his mother was Christian, he conducted his life as a virtuous Christian, and all those who knew him said he was a Christian. You have no basis for questioning it other than your pride. His prayer book is further proof. He prayed to Jesus Christ. Just because he didn't make any explicit statements that Jesus was God is hardly sufficient justification for you to say he wasn't a Christian (and you did say it) in view of the evidence. His life and his conduct and his speeches are all prima facie evidence of a love of Jesus Christ. There is nothing about his life that would suggest he held any heterodox beliefs. His closest advisors were also devout Christians (Hamilton, Marshall, etc.). You have provided ZERO basis whatsoever for your assertion that:
"But not a Christian by any means (especially his own admission)." . In fact, my quotes have refuted it, and you have tried to change your statement after I exposed its falsehood. Where is your proof for this statement - you have none! Next time, you should have evidence to back up your claims about founding fathers because I am armed to the teeth with quotes from almost all of them.
"Sir, Washington was a Deist."
Washington's own words prove this to be a lie. Deists don't pray and deists don't believe God interferes in the affairs of men. Now, go reread Washington's quote form his Inaugural address that I gave you. Then tell me he's a deist. This quote is refuted in spades by Washington's own words!
If you want to press the point, I have four huge volumes at home full of evidneces of Washington's Christianity from David Ramsay, Washington Himself. I can overwhelm you with so much evidence, it will make your head spin. Furthermore, the public libraries contain 97 volumes of Washington's own writings on everything under the sun. I can probably pull hundreds of quotes from those.
And if you want to dispute the Christianity of 95% of the rest of the founding fathers, I can provide evidence for their faith as well. Unlike today, the Congress used to be chock full of Christians.