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[ At least I got you admitting that there were freethinking Christians who were not Biblical literalists (such as Jefferson) and Deists (such as Franklin and Paine) among the Founding Fathers. Even if you wish to lump them into your big tent "Creationism" that is expanded so much that to you it simply means "not an Atheist"; and therefore looses almost all of its meaning. ]

You've been posting to or reading posts by free thinking christians all over this thread.. Christ makes you free or free'er than you were pre-christ.. Some are too free and others not free enough but all are free'er than they could be..

Not every Christian/believer is smart i.e. Deists.. etc. but you don't have to be smart to be a Christian.. Evidence; "be you as a little child".. its all about faith not you're particular dogma.. Actually being smart can inhibit you from "seeing" the deep things, especially the deepest things of God in the bible.. Rational thinking adults are not qualified to be Christians/believers.. i.e. "be ye as a little child."..

Your demeanor appears to be that of a rational thinking adult.. I know; I'm too smart too.. When I was twenty I thought I was a veritable genius.. but I've grown progressively dumber since then.. THANK GOD...

free·think·er ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frthngkr)
n.
One who has rejected authority and dogma, especially in religious thinking, in favor of rational inquiry and speculation

This is T. Jefferson, to a T. He questioned everything and accepted nothing on faith; but he was a Christian in that he was "sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others, ascribing to himself every human excellence, and believing he never claimed any other." However he rejected authority and dogma and any account of the miraculous.