My Notes:
27:15 Thomas Paine etc., The Illuminate
37:30 “If the pen of Paine was the spirit behind the war of independence, what spirit was it?”
41 Thomas Jefferson had no great love for Christianity or the Bible
54:30 Benjamin Franklin
1:12:40 John Adams
1:23: Part of this quote is stated
The Reverend Bird Wilson, who was just a few years removed from being a contemporary of the so-called founding fathers, said further in the above-mentioned sermon that “the founders of our nation were nearly all Infidels, and that of the presidents who had thus far been elected [George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson] _not a one had professed a belief in Christianity_” (Remsberg, p. 120, emphasis added).
Dr. Wilson’s sermon, which was published in the Albany Daily Advertiser the month it was delivered also made an interesting observation that flatly contradicts the frantic efforts of present-day fundamentalists to make the “founding fathers” orthodox Christians
When the war was over and the victory over our enemies won, and the blessings and happiness of liberty and peace were secured, the Constitution was framed and God was neglected. He was not merely forgotten. He was absolutely voted out of the Constitution. The proceedings, as published by Thompson, the secretary, and the history of the day, show that the question was gravely debated whether God should be in the Constitution or not, and after a solemn debate he was deliberately voted out of it…. There is not only in the theory of our government no recognition of God’s laws and sovereignty, but its practical operation, its administration, has been conformable to its theory. Those who have been called to administer the government have not been men making any public profession of Christianity…. Washington was a man of valor and wisdom. He was esteemed by the whole world as a great and good man; but he was not a professing Christian (quoted by Remsberg, pp. 120-121, emphasis added). (source)
1:24:50 George Washington
1:41:15 Washington had trouble with the ‘only believe,’ easy road to heaven idea
1:52:30 Jesuits
2:12: David Barton debunked
2:28:00 David Barton’s early-Freemasonry theory debunked
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The Hidden Faith of The Founding Fathers 2010
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