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Which founding fathers were godless?
by bobo1357 13y ago
Which founding fathers were godless?
- smackay 13y agoThomas Paine's deism was rather too godless for a lot of people's tastes, including Theodore Roosevelt. http://atheism.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Paine http://atheism.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Paine
- lukifer 13y agoMore specifically, many were deists, which was culturally equivalent to atheism at the time. Jefferson even published a version of the New Testament with all mention of God or the supernatural removed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible