You can copy and paste all the Patrick Henry quotes you want, but that does not change the fact that he tried to impose Episcopalian as the official state religion.
The Deists defeated that legislation and gave us separation of church and state. If not for the Deists, we would all be Episcopalian.
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Deists--Founders who believe in God--would hardly approve of the secular juggernaut imposed on Americans of faith.
Deism, is a word that comes from the Latin word “Deus” that means God. So, Deism means a belief in God.
Deism has come to mean a religion or classification of believing in God b/c those who are Deists believe that they can best understand God through reason and nature.