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To: redleghunter
redleghunter: ""Many" Founders were Unitarian?
A bit of a stretch to say "many."
Perhaps a confirmed "few" for sure."

My word "many" clearly refers to all three categories I mentioned: Unitarians, deistically-inclined and Freemason Christians.
Those categories do include "many" Founders, indeed, only a few fall into none of them -- Washington's friend, John Jay comes to mind.

George Washington himself is an excellent example, clearly a devout Christian and a leader in his church.
But he was also a leader amongst deistic-Freemasons, he often referred to the protections of "Providence", but never (so far as I know) to the deity of Christ.
It is also said that while Washington attended various church services -- including Catholic -- he refused to take communion.
Bottom line: while Washington was not Unitarian, he was a deistically influenced Freemason Christian.

Others like Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were less traditional Christian and more influenced by Unitarian, deistic Freemason ideas.

Do you disagree?

2,445 posted on 12/29/2013 9:11:50 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: BroJoeK; GarySpFc

I do disagree. You would need to show me most of those men lived secret lives. Their church affiliation (as I posted) and public quotes say different.


2,465 posted on 12/29/2013 12:20:46 PM PST by redleghunter
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