[DannyTN]

"Just try to find the historical Jesus!"

The best place to look is the people who knew him best. The early church.

Rodney Clark

I'm not sure where he's getting his information or if you are quoting him correctly, but it just doesn't jive. Look at the following link. Early America was predominently Protestant Christian.

[mugs99]

The best place to look is the people who knew him best. The early church.

That opens a can of worms. Saint Irene Ignatious of Antioch is one of the founding fathers of Christianity, yet he writes about his trip to visit Jesus in Afghanistan. He attempted to talk Jesus into returning to lead the church founded in his name. Jesus refused.

When you follow that lead, you find that Jesus died an old man of 100 in India. He was wed to Mari and had many children. The decendants of his followers, still to this day, pilgrimage to his tomb every year.
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[DannyTN]

Library of Congress on Religion in Colonial America"

This link has church attendance at 75-80% and says diests were never more than a small group. Certainly not the largest group as you portrayed them.