http://freethought.mbdojo.com/foundingfathers.html

"One of the most common statements from the "Religious Right" is that they want this country to "return to the Christian principles on which it was founded". However, a little research into American history will show that this statement is a lie. The men responsible for building the foundation of the United States had little use for Christianity, and many were strongly opposed to it. They were men of The Enlightenment, not men of Christianity. They were Deists who did not believe the bible was true."

We can all google my good fellow! A deist, like myself, believes a higher intelligence is responsible for all this, but not in one particular intelligence. The typical deist abhors organized religion, which is why I find it hard to believe that America was a theocracy in it's younger years, and even if there were inklings of one, the most brilliant men in this country modeled their government of the philosophies and politics of none other than yours turly, Voltaire! (among others).

Here is a good opinion essay mentioning that fact

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in671823.shtml

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