What religion - or lack thereof - were the majority of the Founding Fathers?

Question

I know the answer to this question, I just want to know how many of you do.

And by Founding Fathers, I mean the men who wrote the Constitution and created America as a country, not the pilgrims who first came over from England.

Yes, this will be on the test.

Answer 1

Deists is the umbrella term used to describe their religions, but at least some, Benjamin Franklin being one, were more discontent with the religions of the time, rather than being total deists who believed that God was only a "watchmaker."

Here is a link to some quote by Benjamin Franklin on religion. I'll try to find some by other Founding Fathers:
http://bvml.org/GCIAH/franklin.html

Answer 2

Whether Founding Fathers or pilgrims, they all came over to America to get out from under the religious oppression and taxation.

What difference does it make now? Our political leaders, today, do not have the same beliefs as those that created the "constitution" and the "bill of rights".

Ours is not a government "Of the people", "By the people" and "For the people" anymore!

Answer 3

The phrase "Founding Fathers" is a proper noun. It refers to a very specific group of people, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Yes, there were other important players, like Jefferson, whose thinking deeply influenced the shape of our nation and who were not in attendance, but the 55 Fathers make up the core.

The denominational affiliation of these men is a matter of public record. Among the delegates were 28 Episcopalians, 8 Presbyterians, 7 Congregationalists, 2 Lutherans, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodists, 2 Roman Catholics, 1 unknown and only 3 deists--Williamson, Wilson and Franklin, this at a time when church membership entailed a sworn public confession of biblical faith.(John Eidsmoe, Christianity and the Constitution, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987), p. 43.)

This is a very revealing tally. It means that the members of the Constitutional Convention, the most influential group of men shaping the political foundations of our nation, were almost all Christians, 51 of 55--a full 93%. Indeed, most were Calvinists (the Presbyterians and the Dutch Reformed), considered by some to be the most extreme and dogmatic form of Christianity.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Most were Deist. There were a few Christians as well, but not the majority, contrary to what most people believe. Washington, the father of our country, considered himself a Deist.

Answer 6

Different sources interpret the primary historical evidence differently.

Many of them were deists, however, many also maintained the trappings of Christianity. As such, without direct, declarative statements from any of them, any guess is at best just that -- a guess.

Answer 7

I believe most were Deists.

Answer 8

Most were Christians who held the Bible to be God's Word. Thats why so many of our laws and so much of our constitution is based upon Biblical principles. We where once a strong Christian nation but that light is fading... :-(

Answer 9

endurokart
Beat me too it and blew you arguement out of the water that they wer not Christians..
Sorry

Answer 10

Freemason's