LewisEFurr t1_jad83ux wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Reply to comment by Nivekian13 in TIL Thomas Jefferson regularly attended many different churches and declared "I am of a sect by myself" unlike many of the other devoted founding fathers. by skylightyourlife

This is extremely important. The difference between a deist and a theist is massive and despite them aligning themselves with Christian values, it's dangerously disingenuous to use that as proof of the US being founded on Christianity.

Locke_and_Load t1_jadh5ez wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:27 PM

The US is explicitly NOT founded on the Christian religion, and anyone throwing out quotes from them to prove otherwise is pulling shit out of their ass. They all believed in a higher power but knew the dangers of defining it narrowly or letting a single religious organization run the country

Nyteshade81 t1_jaej4gz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:28 PM

One case in point:
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these
shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for
centuries.”
James Madison — 1803 letter objecting use of gov. land for churches

HPmoni t1_jadxx9t wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:13 PM

Christians, Catholics. America wasn't founded by atheists or scientologists.

Nyteshade81 t1_jaejh71 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:30 PM

"Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"

John Adams - Treaty of Tripoli