Founding Fathers Debate (11)

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http://www.alliance4lifemin.org/categorized_articles/heritage/ach_part1/ach_part1.htm
America's Christian Heritage Open in a new browser window
   Argues that the Founding Fathers were Christian not primarily Deists.
   http://www.alliance4lifemin.org/categorized_articles/heritage/ach_part1/ach_part1.htm
http://www.atheists.org/courthouse/charlotte.html
Atheists.org: Christian Revisionism Open in a new browser window
   Recounts events surrounding a controversial display of the Ten Commandments and Founding Fathers quotations, in the fall of 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
   http://www.atheists.org/courthouse/charlotte.html
http://www.faithofourfathers.org/essays/rewrittinghistory.html
Faith of Our Fathers: History Rewritten Open in a new browser window
   Discusses the Christian faith of Washington, Adams, Franklin, and others. Disputes the separation of Church and State, and misrepresentations of the Puritans.
   http://www.faithofourfathers.org/essays/rewrittinghistory.html
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html
Infidels.org: The Christian Nation Myth Open in a new browser window
   Farrell Till argues that many of the founding fathers of the United States were Deists.
   http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html
http://www.lawfulgov.org/deists.htm
Of Course There Were Deists Open in a new browser window
   Response article asserting that the founding fathers were Deists.
   http://www.lawfulgov.org/deists.htm
http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/john_remsburg/six_historic_americans/
Six Historic Americans Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/john_remsburg/six_historic_americans/
http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5243
Stand to Reason: The Faith of Our Fathers Open in a new browser window
   Argues the faith of the founding fathers of the United States was based upon Christian principles not primarily Deism.
   http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5243
http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.394/pub_detail.asp
The Claremont Institute: Founding Creed Open in a new browser window
   A review critical of The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed by Alf J. Mapp, Jr.
   http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.394/pub_detail.asp
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050221&s=allen
The Nation: Our Godless Constitution Open in a new browser window
   Brooke Allen cites examples of the founding fathers' misgivings about Christianity.
   http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050221&s=allen
http://history.hanover.edu/hhr/hhr93_1.html
Who is Nature's God? Open in a new browser window
   Article by David Voelker discusses Thomas Jefferson's beliefs.
   http://history.hanover.edu/hhr/hhr93_1.html
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28006
WorldNetDaily: Thomas Jefferson: Deist or Christian? Open in a new browser window
   D. James Kennedy presents Jefferson as a nominal Christian, yet not so hostile as some would claim.
   http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28006

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