[Mylo]

Facts?

OK. Ben Franklin claimed to be a Deist in his autobiography. Thomas Paine was also a Deist. Many claimed Thomas Jefferson was a Deist (those that didn't call him an atheist) however he considered himself a Christian (although he denied the trinity and the virgin birth and the divinity of Christ). Many other founders were greatly influenced by Deist (as well as Christian) thought; as evidenced by their referring to "Natural Law" and the "God of Nature" and the "Author of our Liberty" in their writings.

[Matchett-PI]

Noachian: "Just what basis for the Constitution do these so called "critics" think was the basis for that document? What is the "basis" of the Constitution if not the religious outlook of the men who wrote it?"

Mylo: "DEISM?"

Matchett-PI: "You need to get your facts straight. Check my profile page."

Mylo: Facts? OK. Ben Franklin claimed to be a Deist in his autobiography. Thomas Paine was also a Deist. Many claimed Thomas Jefferson was a Deist (those that didn't call him an atheist) however he considered himself a Christian (although he denied the trinity and the virgin birth and the divinity of Christ). Many other founders were greatly influenced by Deist (as well as Christian) thought; as evidenced by their referring to "Natural Law" and the "God of Nature" and the "Author of our Liberty" in their writings."

Two possibilities:

[1] You didn't read the facts on my profile page.

[2] You didn't comprehend what you read.

In addition to that, "...Thomas Payne and Ethan Allen, for example, were in no- wise intellectual architects of the Constitution. Rather, they were firebrands of the Revolution. Was that important? Sure, they made an important contribution, but they weren't Founding Fathers. Period. ..."