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To: Brumar89 who wrote (362352)12/12/2007 1:19:41 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577188
 
I am a Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus Christ."

T. Jefferson may have been a Christian but he firmly believed in the separation of church and state:

Jefferson's Wall of Separation Letter

usconstitution.net



To: Brumar89 who wrote (362352)12/12/2007 9:39:18 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1577188
 
"Both Jefferson and Adams considered themselves devout Christians and said so. There were four current or past ministers."

And yet, despite that, there is no mention of God in the Constitution. And then there is Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli, which was approved by Adams, which explicitly states that the US was not founded on Christianity.