Originally Posted by djplong

Yeah, as much as I have no love for many organized religions, I don't know WHERE some people get the idea that the founders were atheistic. While it can be difficult to pin down what religion many were, the fact that they were at the very least Deists (believing in *a* God of some sort) is undeniable.

Heck, my particular favorite, Jefferson, loathed "orthodox" Christianity but very much believed in a Creator to the extent that he even wanted to publish a "fixed" Bible (with his edits).