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Originally Posted by waitingtables  They never intended for America to be associated exclusively with one religion. Believing in God does not make one ascribe to Judeo-Christian philosophy. They were mostly Deists, as tadpole said. They wouldn't agree to religion gaining a political foothold in America. |
Who is "they"? Are you speaking about the founders or the American people?
If an atheist, Muslim, Deist or agnostic ran for office today would he/she be elected? If a Deist ran for president at the founding of our nation would the feeling be different?
What makes you think that people that were described in the link I provided on the Great Awakening would vote for someone that thought entirely differently than they did? Google the Great Awakening and read about it on different links... the religious movement that started the religious demand for an end of slavery. Damn, even Rev. Wright even agrees with that!
