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Here you will find a number of quotes illustrating the distaste for organized religion shared by the founding fathers, as well as their intention that America be governed in a secular manner:
Here you will find a number of quotes illustrating the distaste for organized religion shared by the founding fathers, as well as their intention that America be governed in a secular manner:
"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion"
-John Adams
-John Adams
"Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man"
-Thomas Jefferson
-Thomas Jefferson
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
"Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies”
"Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies"
-Thomas Jefferson
-Thomas Jefferson
-John Adams
-John Adams
"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 with blood for centuries.”
"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 with blood for centuries."
-James Madison
-James Madison