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  2. List of deists - Wikipedia

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    James Monroe (1758–1831), Founding Father of the United States and fifth president of the United States; held various other roles in the government of the United States. Monroe almost never discussed religion but used Deist language in speeches and was a Freemason, who were largely Deists at the time. [33]

  3. Deism - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there is a great deal of controversy over whether the Founding Fathers were Christians, Deists, or something in between. [56] [57] Particularly heated is the debate over the beliefs of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. [58] [59] [60]

  4. Religious affiliations of presidents of the United States

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    Deism and the Founding Fathers [ edit ] Deism was a religious philosophy in common currency in colonial times, and some Founding Fathers (most notably Thomas Paine , who was an explicit proponent of it, and Benjamin Franklin , who spoke of it in his Autobiography) are identified more or less with this system.

  5. The Faiths of the Founding Fathers - Wikipedia

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    The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a book by historian of American religion David L. Holmes from the College of William & Mary. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9 ...

  6. Did the Founding Fathers want the U.S. government to be run ...

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    Most of the Founding Fathers considered themselves Christian and thought that religion was important in a happy, healthy society, said Gerard Magliocca, Samuel R. Rosen Professor at the IU Robert ...

  7. Christian deism - Wikipedia

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    The philosophy adopts the ethics and non-mystical teachings of Jesus while denying that Jesus was a deity. Scholars of the Founding Fathers of the United States "have tended to place the founders' religion into one of three categories—non-Christian deism, Christian deism, and orthodox Christianity."

  8. America founded as a Christian nation? Nothing could be ... - AOL

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    Most of the principal founders (e.g., Madison, Jefferson, Washington, Paine, Adams, Franklin) were deists, not Christians. ... America’s founding motto was “E Pluribus Unum” (out of one many ...

  9. Religious views of George Washington - Wikipedia

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    George Washington in 1772 by Charles Willson Peale. The religious views of George Washington have long been debated. While some of the other Founding Fathers of the United States, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, were noted for writing about religion, Washington rarely discussed his religious and philosophical views.