It was suggested in this picture and in the conversation that followed, which was posted on the atheist republic’s Facebook page, that Ben Franklin and George Washington were atheists when the evidence suggests that they at the least were deists and more likely Christian. A Deist believes in God but believes that they aren’t active [Read More]
The exact nature of George Washington’s religious beliefs has been debated by historians and biographers for over two hundred years. Unlike some of his fellow Founding Fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, Washington rarely discussed or wrote about his religious and philosophical opinions in any great detail, [Read More]
I often wonder why some so adamantly deny the Faith of the Founding Fathers when in reading their words it is so clear that it was held is such high regard for them and the citizens of the colonies in the period. David Barton has a nearly 100,000 piece collection of period writings and has [Read More]
What’s different about America today and the America of our Founding Fathers? Forget the fact that our federal government is now involved in nearly every aspect of our lives in some way. Forget that they are involved in education, health, retirement, disability, environment, air travel, and now policing religious speech (there are more but I [Read More]
