tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post8925685808821499189..comments2023-10-31T12:10:39.067-04:00Comments on Ladder on Wheels: In God's CountryMichial Farmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-5970634864854625362010-03-12T20:56:22.970-05:002010-03-12T20:56:22.970-05:00Obviously, it's not as simple as just saying t...Obviously, it's not as simple as just saying that our founding fathers were deists--there was a wide range of religious opinions among them, from deist (Jefferson, Paine) to unitarian (Adams) to Episcopalian (Washington) to basically atheist (Franklin). I'm not sure what you mean by their being "outspokenly against religion," but that strikes me as a false statement. If, over the years, the Christian Right has overemphasized the role of religion in the founding of the republic, the solution is not to make extremist statements in the opposite direction but to tell the nuanced truth.Michial Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-27225128407223593052010-03-12T18:27:14.280-05:002010-03-12T18:27:14.280-05:00Our founding fathers were deist. They were outspok...Our founding fathers were deist. They were outspokenly against religion and Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were important figures in the Age of Reason. I suspect America became known as "god's country" during the 1950's. This is when the term "one nation under god" was added in the pledge of allegiance. I suspect the term was brought up to promote patriotism in the time of war. I compare this to Bush's use of fear to promote the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07867203354322185526noreply@blogger.com