5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today

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21. Fantastic

When I tell people this is not a "christian nation," they are shocked and don't believe me. When I tell them that the Treaty of Tripoli states this fact in no uncertain terms....

Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/treaty_tripoli.html

Or this...

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." (The inscription inside the Jefferson Memorial.) Jefferson wrote this in a letter to Benjamin Rush where he praises the lack of a state religion and, in fact, equates the clergy with purveyors of tyranny over the mind of man.

Another great book about our SECULAR Republic is: http://www.amazon.com/Godless-Constitution-Against-Religious-Correctness/dp/039331524X

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