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This was a very interesting article. I agree both sides are wrong. The Puritans only supported THEIR view of Christianity. They would pillory or ostracize any person or group that did not agree with them - ask Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, and the Quakers. Thomas Jefferson was definitely not a Christian but a deist. His Bible was cut and pasted where every supernatural occurrence was cut out of his Bible. Thomas Paine was absolutely not a Christian. Of course most of the new immigrants were Christians, but many were not tolerant of Native Americans or Catholics, let alone Jews. However, while many of our Founding Fathers were Christians, they were very leary of a state sponsored religion. My view is keep Church and State separate by honoring the 1st Amendment.
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Real Christian people heavily influenced this country for the good more than the bad from the get. Just as now.
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Many of the earliest settlers in the 13 colonies were fleeing persecution from the Church of England or Reformed Church. Quakers and the Pilgrims, to name two. Ensuring they would be able to worship as they wished was fundamental to the nation's founding, especially since the Constitution needed to be ratified by states with large populations of religious migrants from Europe.
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History should always record that Nearly 100% of Founding Fathers, who compiled the most important documents signed early in America’s history, were of Christian denominations.
All Americans have enjoyed the protections and freedoms given through these documents. :

https://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html

The three major foundational documents of the United States of America are the Declaration of Independence (July 1776), the Articles of Confederation (drafted 1777, ratified 1781) and the Constitution of the United States of America (1789).
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