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Emile

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7. A lot of the founding fathers were liberal diests,

Reply to walkingman (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:26 PM

Jan 2025

not Christian. The Founding Fathers were influenced by deist thought, which values reason over dogma. They believed that a person's faith should not be interfered with by the government.

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Texas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth [View all] walkingman Jan 2025 OP

Yeah, we already tried no-separation of church and state, the church-state puts rocks on a guy until he died. ck4829 Jan 2025 #1

The Middle Ages called and they want that weirdo back. Dave Bowman Jan 2025 #2

This Constitutionally ignorant man should read President Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802 surfered Jan 2025 #3

Has this idiot read the First Amendment? LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #4

Church is fantasy, State is reality. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 2025 #5

FAFO... Someone is eventually going to get their panties in a wad JCMach1 Jan 2025 #6

A lot of the founding fathers were liberal diests, Emile Jan 2025 #7

"We don't want the government in our churches, but we should be in the government." bluesbassman Jan 2025 #8

Then it's time for the goddamned churches to PAY TAXES. CousinIT Jan 2025 #9

None of them should ever take an oath to protect the constitution, because they don't believe in it Walleye Jan 2025 #10

I'm replying to my own post because I am cannot add anything constructive walkingman Jan 2025 #11