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Many of the founding fathers actually practiced deism, not theism.
E: for the uneducated, Atheist is not the same as deist.
Deism accepts god but rejects the Bible
Theism accepts both god and the Bible
Atheism rejects both god and Bible
Please know the difference before you try to correct me.
Nope, they were pretty solid Christians and indicated as such in their writings.
Atheist != deist.
Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and a bunch more. They were deist not theists. Like you say, it is evident in their writing.
The way you responded tells me you don’t know what a deist is.
You're not wrong about what deism is, but George Washington and many others that have been changed by modern, liberal institutions to be deists were not deists. Especially George Washington, he believed in God, Jesus, and miracles. He even claimed to have been the subject of a miracle where he had bullet holes in his shirt during a battle and his body was not struck by a single bullet.
I don't know how literal I believe all of Genesis is because it is one of the books most removed from its source at the time of writing and could have been a non-scientific (not a lot of scientific methodology back then), explanation of creation.
You will have to show sources that say they self-proclaimed themselves as deists or clearly and obviously rejected not only Jesus, but the Bible and or all miracles or you shouldn't be parroting liberal propaganda created by revisionist historians. Your discourse and viewpoint/beliefs are welcome and valuable but this is a sore point because liberal institutions are trying to hijack our history and lie about our founders. I've heard Franklin, Jefferson, and others were deist but I really don't know if they were, but Washington was nilot a deist.
If only it was that easy. It not like they went around bragging about being deist.
See the part I quoted in your statement? That’s not what I said, which again tells me that your not fully understanding what Is being said.
Lmao. I’m not gonna waste my time defending such a stupid statement. Your commented started out decent but then you went all liberal on me, asking for a specific quote that doesn’t exist and insulting my intelligence.
Then learn your history. I was fortunate enough to grow up long before common core was a thing, were you?
If you believe in God/Jesus you are Christian. You don't have to belong to a particular denomination. They invoke God oftentimes in their writing, ergo they were Christians.
I believe in god but I reject the Bible. That is the key difference. I am not a Christian.
Deist don’t believe in resurrection or miracles. We use observation and logic.
It is not a denomination like Pentecostal or catholic. It’s its own thing.
They were Christians sorry lol
Atheist != deist.
The way you responded tells me you don’t know what a deist is.
Im not saying they’re the same, I’m saying that the founding fathers were Christians. Were some deists as well? Ya.
And I’m saying that they were not Christians.
Christians or any religion that follows a holy book (Bible, Koran, whatever book it is) is a practice of theism.
Deism, like atheism doesn’t fall under any religion. You can’t be a Christian and practice deism. It seems like that’s the part you don’t understand.
Yeah. But they knew the power of the Bible and that’s why the Declaration and Constitution are directly derived from the word.
*I was an atheist not long ago. seriously, if anyone reading this is as stubborn as I was about religion, READ THE BIBLE. And research the history of it.
Atheist is not the same as deist.
Deism accepts god but rejects the Bible Theism accepts both god and the Bible Atheist rejects both god and Bible
Please know the difference before you try to correct me.
Lol I never said they were the same!
The way you responded indicated otherwise.
Both the declaration and constitution has nothing to do with the Bible, so if you wouldn’t mind, please clarify what it is you are saying.