[Skooz]

Founding Fathers, mostly Deists,

I stopped there. Some of the Founders were Diests. Most were not.

[EternalVigilance]

I stopped there. Some of the Founders were Diests. Most were not.

Me too.

Garbage.

With or without paragraphs.

[kesg]

I stopped there. Some of the Founders were Diests. Most were not.

Maybe you should have kept reading. :) Incidentally, both Thomas Jefferson (who inspired the First Amendment and first coined the phrase "separation of church and state" when explaining its establishment clause) and John Madison (who actually drafted the First Amendment) were both Deists. So was George Washington, who presided over the Constitutional Convention.

[nonsporting]

"Deist" is offered but not defined.

de-ism n. Belief in the existence of God as the creator of the universe who after setting it in motion abandoned it, assumed no control over life, exerted no influence on natural phenonmena, and gave no supernatural revelation.

The Founders believed the Bible to be the written word of God. The Founders prayed. Deists don't pray. What would be the use since the Demiurge has "left the building."

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