For the last decade or so, it has been pushed in the public schools and universities that "all the Founders were Deist and Atheists and there is no place for God in the public square." In the late 1990s, I came across the 25 volumes of "Letters of the Delegates to Congress 1774-1789." I gave myself "The Founders' Challenge." I read all these volumes (plus 34 volumes of "Journals of Continental Congress" to see if the Founders had an atheistic, deistic or Christian worldview. My findings can be found in my two books 1776 FAITH and 1787 FAITH.
In "1776 FAITH: The Christian Worldview of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence" 54 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence had a Christian worldview. The exceptions were Franklin and Jefferson. Even Franklin and Jefferson had strong Christian statements but had views not compatible with a follower of Jesus Christ.
In "1787 FAITH: The Christian Worldview of the Signers of the Constitution" 36 of the 39 signers of the Constitution had a Christian worldview. This is being generous. The possible deists are Franklin, Hugh Williamson and James Wilson. I have yet to see evidence of a blatant anti-Christian worldview from Williamson and Wilson. On the contrary, I have seen quite a bit that puts them in the Christian worldview column. Since Franklin is counted here again, the actual count is 90 to 4 which would be 95.7%
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