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To: combjelly who wrote (362596)	12/13/2007 9:49:46 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586861

But arguing we have gone beyond Locke's intention isn't a valid argument. Nor is arguing that because the FF's were influence by Locke, the country was founded on a Christian world view. About 98% of the FF's were ordinary Christians. Even the few Unitarians and one Deist either identified themselves as Christian or were profoundly respectful toward Christianity. Their political ideas were based on Locke's, who based his on religious (Christian) arguments. If these people didn't have a Christian worldview, what was it? Hindu? Atheist? Agnostic? Please. "The FF's were a group of over 100 people and exactly one of them is known to h/b a deist." Deism was a strong influence. As was the related Unitarianism. How could it be when there were so few of them? 98% or so of the FF's were orrdinary Christians. BTW the Unitarians of that time were a lot more Old Testament oriented types of believers than the wishy-washy semi-religious Unitarians of today. The God they believed in intervened in history - there are statements in Jefferson's and Adam's letters that show this. In many of the colonies, there was only one legal church. Often it was the Anglican church. So, the fact that the majority of the FF's were members of the Anglican church doesn't mean a whole lot. Only about 55-56% were Anglican. The 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention included: 31 Anglicans (one of these was actually a Deist in fact - Franklinl) 16 Presbyterians 8 Congregationalists 3 Quakers 2 Catholics 2 Methodists 2 Lutherans 2 Dutch Reformed If you look at the signers of the Declaration of Independence or the Articles of Confederation, you find similar percentages. adherents.com