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1. America's Christian Heritage
Argues that the Founding Fathers were Christian not primarily Deists.
http://www.alliance4lifemin.org/categorized_a...
2. Atheists.org: Christian Revisionism
Recounts events surrounding a controversial display of the Ten Commandments and Founding Fathers quotations, in the fall of 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
http://www.atheists.org/courthouse/charlotte....
3. Faith of Our Fathers: History Rewritten
Discusses the Christian faith of Washington, Adams, Franklin, and others. Disputes the separation of Church and State, and misrepresentations of the Puritans.
http://www.faithofourfathers.org/essays/rewri...
4. Infidels.org: The Christian Nation Myth
Farrell Till argues that many of the founding fathers of the United States were Deists.
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrel...
5. Of Course There Were Deists
Response article asserting that the founding fathers were Deists.
http://www.lawfulgov.org/deists.htm
6. Six Historic Americans
Online version of the book written by John E. Remsburg in 1906 argues that Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant were freethinkers or Deists.
http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/jo...
7. Stand to Reason: The Faith of Our Fathers
Argues the faith of the founding fathers of the United States was based upon Christian principles not primarily Deism.
http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticl...
8. The Claremont Institute: Founding Creed
A review critical of The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed by Alf J. Mapp, Jr.
http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.3...
9. The Nation: Our Godless Constitution
Brooke Allen cites examples of the founding fathers' misgivings about Christianity.
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=200...
10. Who is Nature's God?
Article by David Voelker discusses Thomas Jefferson's beliefs.
http://history.hanover.edu/hhr/hhr93_1.html
11. Wikipedia: List of United States Presidential Religious Affiliations
Provocative list indicating both official denominational memberships as well as supposed or inferred religious beliefs of the U.S. Presidents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_S...
12. WorldNetDaily: Thomas Jefferson: Deist or Christian?
D. James Kennedy presents Jefferson as a nominal Christian, yet not so hostile as some would claim.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp...


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