As many of them as possible please.
2006-10-04 05:30:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
This is an important website you need to take a look at to answer your question. It lists percentages by denomination, and then lists individuals and their affiliations. Looks at signers of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html
This website seems to give more details and quotes...
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/debate.htm
http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/dispatch/fathers_quote2.htm
Other sites with somewhat relevant material.
http://www.theology.edu/journal/volume2/ushistor.htm
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer97/secular.html
http://www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=29
http://www.sierratimes.com/03/08/23/article_hb.htm
2006-10-04 08:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many founding fathers were deists. They believed in the use of reason and rejected supernatural explanations in favor of scientific methods of discovery. This does not mean they did not believe in god, only that they saw him as the "Great Clockmaker" who set creation in motion and then stepped back to watch without interfering.
2006-10-04 12:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by bigsteve 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put simply, they were all Protestants, without exception. I'd say they were Liberal Protestants, in today's religious lingo. They may have been Anglicans. They certainly were not Catholic or Fundamentalist Christian I know that.
2006-10-04 13:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by spindoctor 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Officially they would have been Anglican (Episcopalian), but most were not religious and would have consdidered themselves Deists.
2006-10-04 14:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by ej_bronte 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow, that's pretty tough! I'll give it a shot...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_fathers
2006-10-04 12:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were hypocrites, racists and sexists.
2006-10-05 21:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋