[redleghunter]

Here is a reference for the church affiliations for the founders:

Founders and church affiliation

They either followed the confessions of their faith or led some secret society life.

[betty boop]

Charles Carroll [the only Roman Catholic who signed the DoI] wrote: “Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure,… are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.” 

Oh, thank you so much, redleghunter, for the link to "Founders and church affiliation" — a most valuable resource!

I excerpted the above from it.

[BroJoeK]

redleghunter: "Here is a reference for the church affiliations for the founders:"

Your list of Declaration signers shows John Adams & Robert Paine as Unitarians, plus Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson as Deists.
As it happens, Franklin, Adams & Jefferson wrote the Declaration, a matter of some significance.

Now, compare your list to the links in my post #2,548 where Freemason, Unitarian and Deist Founders are shown, not only amongst Declaration signers, but also the Constitution Convention and Continental Army officers.
There were large numbers who fell into one or more of these categories, enough to make the term "many" appropriate.

Indeed, amongst the "top tier" of Founders, it takes some looking to find those who did not.

redleghunter: "They either followed the confessions of their faith or led some secret society life."

This link provides a discussion on George Washington's religious beliefs.
Note that he was regarded as a devout official in his church, but was also a Freemason and influenced by certain deistic ideas.

If that qualifies, in your mind redleghunter, as "some secret society life", then so be it -- however it was entirely typical of most of our Founders, in one form or another.

[Kevmo]

or led some secret society life.
***Like I’ve been saying, it’s like debating a flaming homosexual who is adamant that George Washington was gay.