And did they really want separation of Church and State get to the point where God is no longer welcome in public places?
2006-10-10 14:49:25 · 11 answers · asked by kcockcussmed 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am referring to the U.S.
2006-10-10 14:49:51 · update #1
I am referring to the U.S.
2006-10-10 14:49:56 · update #2
Sorry about the double posting of the added details, it was a mistake.
2006-10-10 14:50:44 · update #3
All the Founding Fathers were Protestant except eleven. Three were Catholic and eight were deist, unitarian, and freethinkers. None were atheists. If you do your own research --just thirty minutes on the web is enough-- you will see this.
2006-10-10 14:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes some actually were Atheist but I don't think that had much to do with separation of church and state The founders of our country were much like people today some had agendas they thought should be promoted and others didn't some were true Christians and others were called Christian because it was good for there political careers. None the less they finally agreed that the government should not promote one religion above any other. Many had came here from places that had a national religion and believed that people should be free to choose there religion or the lack of same.
2006-10-10 21:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. Many were deists. Some who were not Christian/Catholic - Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Madison, etc.
God is welcome in public places, as long as every god is with no exception. If it's a gov't sponsored and endorsed place, like a courthouse, we aren't going to post the 10 commandments because they don't have much to do with our laws - actually, more than half of them have no correllary with our country's laws, and we don't want to sponsor or 'respect' a relgion over another or our country's laws.
Check out the 1st amendment for more - 'congress shall pass no law respecting the establishment of religion' - or the Treaty of Tripoli - 'The US is in no way a Christian Nation'.
2006-10-10 21:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were probably closer to Agnostics. You cannot prove a god or gods exists, then it has no place dictating policies.
Also, much of that had to do with the original religious influence before independence.
2006-10-10 21:52:36 · answer #4 · answered by vividtoy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln, along with Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Paine, and many other American heroes were either flat-out atheists or bordered on atheism
2006-10-10 21:54:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
glad to see the rest gave examples, many of the forefathers believed in God, but came from different faiths,
I am not aware of any aithiests but I would not be surprised if there were one or two
2006-10-10 21:53:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Paine,
2006-10-10 21:51:10 · answer #7 · answered by jedi1josh 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope, all those who came in the mayflower, they were escaping England because they wanted to worship GOD their own way....they were escaping because they were being persecuted for their belief in GOD..
2006-10-10 21:53:28 · answer #8 · answered by sr 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, most of them were not christians however. The majority of our founders were Deists.
Good question...
2006-10-10 21:53:00 · answer #9 · answered by John S 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am sure many of them were.
2006-10-10 21:51:12 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋