the_ill_buck_fifty t1_jabghwa wrote
Many if not most of the founding fathers were deists. Hardly orthodox faithful.
ninjas_in_my_pants t1_jadl56y wrote
Jill Lepore wrote that the founding of the United States was the least religious time in the history of our nation or British colonial times.
zebrastarz t1_jacvb7d wrote
Shoutout to deism for being a chill religion
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no_more_secrets t1_jabje11 wrote
Most Freemasons are Christians.
beaverbait t1_jabk919 wrote
But it's not a requirement they only have to believe in a higher power.
LegalAction t1_jabuuy6 wrote
AA says that too. It's still bullshit.
no_more_secrets t1_jadknub wrote
That's very true. But the majority are still very much Christian.
beaverbait t1_jadp04i wrote
Probably, I wouldn't know.
CanadianGurlfren t1_jacppjv wrote
Freemasonry in the 18th and 19th century were radical atheists, anti-monarchists, feminists, and libertines. That's why they had to be so secretive
Modern Freemasonry is just a club
no_more_secrets t1_jadkyzw wrote
>Freemasonry in the 18th and 19th century were radical atheists
That is an historically dubious claim.
Mulatto-Butts t1_jacd46p wrote
Nope, I’m Catholic.
Pavlock t1_jad28na wrote
I'm skeptical that you're a founding father.
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