Deism: Founding Fathers Debate

See also:

America's Christian Heritage - Argues that the Founding Fathers were Christian not primarily Deists.
Infidels.org: The Christian Nation Myth - Farrell Till argues that many of the founding fathers of the United States were Deists.
Six Historic Americans - Online version of the book written by John E. Remsburg in 1906 argues that Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant were freethinkers or Deists.
Stand to Reason: The Faith of Our Fathers - Argues the faith of the founding fathers of the United States was based upon Christian principles not primarily Deism.
The Claremont Institute: Founding Creed - A review critical of The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed by Alf J. Mapp, Jr.
Who is Nature's God? - Article by David Voelker discusses Thomas Jefferson's beliefs.
Wikipedia: List of United States Presidential Religious Affiliations - Provocative list indicating both official denominational memberships as well as supposed or inferred religious beliefs of the U.S. Presidents.
WorldNetDaily: Thomas Jefferson: Deist or Christian? - D. James Kennedy presents Jefferson as a nominal Christian, yet not so hostile as some would claim.

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