2006-09-19 08:12:57 · 3 answers · asked by billdorish 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Franklin was often akin to Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens in regard to religion. He made allowances for others to live theirs but tended to leave it out of his life as often as possible. Indications are that he was a Deist--one who believed that, using the Enlightenment's politically-correct expression of the day, "nature's God" had started it all up and left it to us do deal with. In his writings and the writings of others about him, there is a distinct impression that when it came to church, Franklin was on the outside looking in.
2006-09-19 08:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S (ANTI-)EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION
As early as 1746, Franklin took an anti-experimental position on metaphysics, using the term "science" with disdain in this context.
Franklin settled upon a skeletal set of religious beliefs about God and man's relation to God and he remained faithful to them.
2006-09-19 08:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church of England. He was not a Quaker (remember -- he moved to Philadelphia from Boston).
2006-09-19 08:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋