Was George Washington a Christian?

Question

During the presidential campaign of 1880, the Christian Union made the startling admission that, of the nineteen men who, up to that time, had held the office of President of the United States, not one, with the possible exception of Washington, had ever been a member of a Christian church.

Washington did not, like most pious churchmen, believe that Christian servants are better than others. When on one occasion he needed servants, he wrote:
"If they are good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mahomedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists."
His diary also shows that he "closed land purchases, sold wheat, and, while a Virginia planter, went fox hunting on Sunday."

So what do you think?

Answer 1

many believe he was free-mason, as many other "founding fathers" were freemason. they believe ben franklin was also one.

Answer 2

George Washington... Hmmm.. He was very much influenced by deism, though not to the extent that Franklin and Jefferson were. The simple answer is that he was an Anglican, like most English colonists at the time. "darwanism was born and the nazi's used that idea in the holocaust to breed the perfect race.." No, they didn't. Darwin repeatedly pushed the point that, "social policy should not simply be guided by concepts of struggle and selection in natural." Nazis used eugenics and social darwinism to an extreme extent and went much further than many pro-eugenics people at the time ever dreamed. (That's not to defend eugenics or social darwinism, though. I still think of both of them as pseudoscientific ways of "stacking the deck", so to speak.) Also, Darwin was an agnostic, not an atheist.

Answer 3

George Washington, the "Father of His Country", WAS a Freemason, as were many of the Founding Fathers of this great USA, including dozens of those who signed the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence... didn't you know that??

If you see one of George Washington's portraits when he took office as the President, you will clearly see that he is wearing his full military uniform WITH his Freemason 'apron' on. He was a Master of the Craft in Alexandria, Lodge No. 22 and was interred with full Masonic rites when he died.

Now you know...

Peace be with you.

Answer 4

Yes he was a great man, and just like many of our founding fathers he was a free mason, which basically allows you to believe as you wish. What smart men those founding fathers.
Maybe some of us should follow the example. But then no one religion must always stand superior over another.
I wish you well

Answer 5

Sounds like he was a Christian, just not an overly observant one.

Answer 6

There's a widespread belief that he was a Deist, but actually I don't think that much is known about his religious beliefs.

Answer 7

Read this and then decide ...

http://wilstar.com/holidays/wash_thanks.html

Answer 8

know he belived in a god, im just not sure which.