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To: Para-Ord.45
After seeing the corruption of the Church of England where Anglican Clergy were also government officials and the King was The Pope the founding fathers were cautious of organized religion.
27 posted on 05/29/2005 4:21:45 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell (I will never again read another thing by Christopher Hitchens!)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

Speculation.Many -if not most were active members -some were even leaders in their local church. M.E.Bradford documented the religious affiliation of many of the Founders Franklin was a Deist ,who was burried in a church
cemetary,and who declared he was "never far" from the teachings of the church .James Wilson was an Epsicopalian
that became a Desit. Hugh Williamson was a Presbyterian who may have become Deist--Only James McClung Seemed have
no record of Church membership.Unless they are here to question it is a fools dive to claim one knows if they were Deist of Christian. But Franklin said Deism was basically a novelty that didn't catch onin America any more than being an Atheist or an indfidel.


101 posted on 05/29/2005 5:23:54 PM PDT by StonyBurk
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