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Talk:Founding Fathers quotes that mention God (view source)
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, 21:44, April 14, 2017U.S as a Christian nation
Refer to these quotes:
Refer to these quotes:
"The United States is not in any sense founded on Christianity ".
John Adams:
"God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there will never be any liberal science in the world."
George Washington:
"Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by the difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be depreciated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." -- letter to Edward Newenham, 1792
Benjamin Franklin:
"In the affairs of the world, men are saved, not by faith, but by the lack of it."
Thomas Jefferson:
"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise." - letter to Wm. Bradford, April 1, 1774
"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology."
“Christianity is the most perverted system ever shone to man.”
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”
The Treaty of Tripoli:
"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,--as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen,--and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mohammedan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever interrupt the harmony existing between the two countries
You must admit that most of them were actually deist.
You must admit that most of them were actually deist.
Or You Must admit that the U.S was never founded on Christianity.It was clearly founded as a secular republic.
:WRONG. First, you're taking those quotes out of context, like so many others have done. Second, you never bothered to read what the Founders had to say, beyond those quotes. As homework, you're going to read the letters, speeches, and writings of both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams - completely, and at least one biography by an author who personally knew both. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] ([[User talk:Karajou|talk]]) 20:23, 3 April 2017 (EDT)
:WRONG. First, you're taking those quotes out of context, like so many others have done. Second, you never bothered to read what the Founders had to say, beyond those quotes. As homework, you're going to read the letters, speeches, and writings of both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams - completely, and at least one biography by an author who personally knew both. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] ([[User talk:Karajou|talk]]) 20:23, 3 April 2017 (EDT)