[BroJoeK]

redleghunter: "You seem fixated on the Mason aspect.
Perhaps you can share what high level Masons believe about God and Christianity?"

I know little about Freemasons, except that many of our Founders were, and of those, Washington himself was probably typical.
American Freemasons were not (then or now) anti-Christian, but Washington's religious views, as expressed in his own correspondence did not extend much beyond acknowledging the hand of "Providence" in helping American success.

Many Christian denominations (especially Roman Catholic) have been strongly anti-Mason, but Washington's own church (Anglican/Episcopal) was not:

"Since the founding of Freemasonry, many Bishops of the Church of England have been Freemasons, such as Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher.[93]
In the past, few members of the Church of England would have seen any incongruity in concurrently adhering to Anglican Christianity and practicing Freemasonry.
In recent decades, however, reservations about Freemasonry have increased within Anglicanism..."

Roman Catholic opposition is doubtless typical:

"The objections raised by the Roman Catholic Church are based on the allegation that Masonry teaches a naturalistic deistic religion which is in conflict with Church doctrine.[86]
A number of Papal pronouncements have been issued against Freemasonry.
The first was Pope Clement XII's In Eminenti, 28 April 1738..."

I take all this to mean that our Founders were nearly all, to a more-or-less degree, influenced by deistic/theistic, Unitarian and/or Freemason ideas.

That's why I'm here to request they be treated with forbearance and respect.

[redleghunter]

And again you points are assertions and inferences and not based on historical evidence.

[Kevmo]

The heresy razor.

What is said about one’s belief

they say-————— about our beliefs -——— about their beliefs

we say-—————— about our beliefs -——— about their beliefs

antitrinitarians say —valid; acceptable -——— Valid; The only True interpretation

“Trinitarians say -— Valid, correct, “only True”-— Invalid, heretical

Basically, there is only one case where the heretical viewpoint is true. The best action in ALL cases is for the heretics to stop posting on Free Republic. Jesus wasn’t polite to heretics, and asking for ‘forbearance’ is asking more from FR than Christ asked of Himself.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

The Founders part of the question can be ignored, because the Lord Thy God and/or —————— hath declared thee ‘heretic.’