Sir, I have read a number of books on George Washington to include his daily use of The English Book of Prayer. So to be fair I will post a prayer from Washington which I am sure will end up on someone’s site in the future. Here it is from the man with firery red hair and legs like tree trunks:
“O most Glorious God, in Jesus Christ my merciful and loving father, I acknowledge and confess my guilt, in the weak and imperfect performance of the duties of this day. I have called on thee for pardon and forgiveness of sins, but so coldly and carelessly, that my jjrgyers are become my sin and stand in need of pardon. I have heard thy holy word, but with such deadness of spirit that I have been an unprofitable and forgetful hearer, so that, O Lord, tho’ I have done thy work, yet it hath been so negligently that I may rather expect a curse than a blessing from thee. But, O God, who art rich in mercy and plenteous in redemption, mark not, I beseech thee, what I have done amiss; remember that I am but dust, and remit my transgressions, negligences & ignorances, and cover them all with the absolute obedience of thy dear Son, that those sacrifices which I have offered may be accepted by thee, in and for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ offered upon the cross for me; for his sake, ease me of the burden of my sins, and give me grace that by the call of the Gospel I may rise from the slumber of sin into the newness of life. Let me live according to those holy rules which thou hast this day prescribed in thy holy word; make me to know what is acceptable in thy sight, and therein to delight, open the eyes of my understanding, and help me thoroughly to examine myself concerning my knowledge, faith and repentance, increase my faith, and direct me to the true object Jesus Christ the way, the truth and the life, bless, O Lord, all the people of this land, from the highest to the lowest, particularly those whom thou hast appointed to rule over us in church & state, continue thy goodness to me this night. These weak petitions I humbly implore thee to hear accept and ans. for the sake of thy Dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”
Nobody on this thread has denied that George Washington was a Christian -- indeed, he was an official in his home church.
That is beyond dispute.
But what would make Washington -- along with yours truly and modern "restorationist" Christians -- in Kevmo's words, a "God Damned Heretic" is that nothing in that particular prayer, or any other writings of Washington suggests he believed any Trinitarian ideas.
Indeed, Washington's membership in Freemasonry suggests strongly he did not.
I'm here to suggest that Washington's religious ideas should be treated with forbearance and respect here, on Free Republic.
Do you disagree?