thabigred
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Jerry, while I agree that yes most of the founding fathers were religious men, a lot of them were skeptical of religious practices. Thomas Jefferson was yes a spiritual man but we was very skeptical of religion.
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. 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. "
Thomas Jefferson
"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823
"Religions are all alike. Founded upon fables and mythologies."
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was very skeptical of religion, and so was John Adams, they had many conversations in letters about it.
"Indeed, Mr. Jefferson, what could be invented to debase the ancient Christianism which Greeks, Romans, Hebrews and Christian factions, above all the Catholics, have not fraudulently imposed upon the public? Miracles after miracles have rolled down in torrents."
John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, December 3, 1813
Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson along with many other founding fathers saw the importance of morals but disliked religious institutions, namely the catholic church.
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. 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. "
Thomas Jefferson
"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823
"Religions are all alike. Founded upon fables and mythologies."
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was very skeptical of religion, and so was John Adams, they had many conversations in letters about it.
"Indeed, Mr. Jefferson, what could be invented to debase the ancient Christianism which Greeks, Romans, Hebrews and Christian factions, above all the Catholics, have not fraudulently imposed upon the public? Miracles after miracles have rolled down in torrents."
John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, December 3, 1813
Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson along with many other founding fathers saw the importance of morals but disliked religious institutions, namely the catholic church.