Thank you for this post purkiss80. Your posts and comments are one of my biggest sources of encouragement and I appreciate them very much.

I disagree with some of the points made in some of the comments here but I'm in no position to personally win an on-line debate about it. I believe the book "The American Story - The Beginnings" by David Barton and Tim Barton however is a great place to start.

David Barton is like a photographic memory machine when it comes not only to America's founding documents, but also the correspondence among the founders that led to the documents and their personal writings.

Chapter 11 discusses the faith of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Here are three of many examples (these quoted from Benjamin Rush):

• "My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Nothing but his blood will wash away my sins. I rely exclusively upon it. Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly!"

• "The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools."

• "Christianity is the only true and perfect religion, and ... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy."

end of Benjamin Rush quotes.

Barton finishes the list of quotes from our founders in the book with this: "Other Founding Fathers made similar declarations. With such an abundance of pronouncements from so many, it is evident that the Founders, with only a few individual exceptions, were largely a group of Christian men."

We have been lied to about everything and of course that includes "official" American history in government textbooks (how could it not!?!?!).

I distrust almost all history (American or otherwise) written from the 20th century forward (especially middle to late 20th century forward) and also think it's ridiculous to rely on most supreme court rulings from that time forward as an accurate interpretation of the U.S. constitution.

Of course there were a few deists among the founders (how could there not be). Was there a Bush with Regan?, a Pence with Trump? The cabal twists it just like they twist everything to keep people from a saving faith in God.

Thank you for this post purkiss80. Your posts and comments are one of my biggest sources of encouragement and I appreciate them very much.

I disagree with some of the points made in some of the comments here but I'm in no position to personally win an on-line debate about it. I believe the book "The American Story - The Beginnings" by David Barton and Tim Barton however is a great place to start.

David Barton is like a photographic memory machine when it comes not only to America's founding documents, but also the correspondence among the founders that led to the documents and their personal writings.

Chapter 11 discusses the faith of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Here are three of many examples (these quoted from Benjamin Rush):

• "My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Nothing but his blood will wash away my sins. I rely exclusively upon it. Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly!"

• "The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools."

• "Christianity is the only true and perfect religion, and ... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy."

end of Benjamin Rush quotes.

Barton finishes the list of quotes from our founders in the book with this: "Other Founding Fathers made similar declarations. With such an abundance of pronouncements from so many, it is evident that the Founders, with only a few individual exceptions, were largely a group of Christian men."

We have been lied to about everything and of course that include "official" American history in government textbooks (how could it not!?!?!).

I distrust almost all history (American or otherwise) written from the 20th century forward (especially middle to late 20th century forward) and also think it's ridiculous to rely on most supreme court rulings from that time forward as an accurate interpretation of the U.S. constitution.

Of course there were a few deists among the founders (how could there not be). Was there a Bush with Regan?, a Pence with Trump? The cabal twists it just like they twist everything to keep people from a saving faith in God.