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To: NoLibZone

Religious Affiliation # of
signers
% of
signers
Episcopalian/Anglican 32 57.1%
Congregationalist 13 23.2%
Presbyterian 12 21.4%
Quaker 2 3.6%
Unitarian or Universalist 2 3.6%
Catholic 1 1.8%
TOTAL 56 100%

Ping for later

2 posted on 07/04/2010 5:01:21 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2503089/posts?page=9#9)
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Good list. Added to this is how many signers were Freemasons.

Confirmed Masonic Membership of the following:
William Ellery, RI
Benjamin Franklin, PA
John Hancock, MA
Joseph Hewes, NC
William Hooper, NC
Robert Treat Paine, MA
Richard Stockton, NJ
George Walton, GA
William Whipple, NH

Membership Rumored, but not Proven by Records:
Elbridge Gerry, MA
Thomas Jefferson, VA
Richard Henry Lee, VA
Thomas McKean, DE
Robert Morris, PA
Thomas Nelson, Jr., VA
John Penn, NC
Benjamin Rush, PA
Roger Sherman, CT
James Smith, PA
John Witherspoon, NJ

6 posted on 07/04/2010 5:12:58 PM PDT by Ripliancum ("As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free")
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To: Alex Murphy

Now wait a minute!!!
Not one darn Baptist??
Heck,
Ya can’t swing a dead cat down here in Georgia and not hit three Baptist churches!!!


7 posted on 07/04/2010 5:17:07 PM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: Alex Murphy

What, no muzzies?


9 posted on 07/04/2010 5:17:57 PM PDT by ully2 (ully)
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To: Alex Murphy
Wasn't Jefferson a Muslim? He had a copy of the Koran in his library!/s
11 posted on 07/04/2010 5:24:09 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
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To: Alex Murphy

At the time of the signing of the Declaration there was no such thing as “Unitarianism” or “Universalism”. These came later. Unitarianism in the US emerged in the early years of the 19th Century, while the Universalist Church wasn’t formed until 1793 - mainly by recent immigrants.


36 posted on 07/04/2010 6:10:18 PM PDT by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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