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Re:Obama wins back the right to indefinitely detain under NDAA by bobo1357 on Thursday July 18, 2013 @09:56AM (#6063616)
Which founding fathers were godless?
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Re:Obama wins back the right to indefinitely detain under NDAA by lukifer on Thursday July 18, 2013 @10:45AM (#6063962)
More specifically, many were deists, which was culturally equivalent to atheism at the time. Jefferson even published a version of the New Testament with all mention of God or the supernatural removed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

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Re:Obama wins back the right to indefinitely detain under NDAA by smackay on Thursday July 18, 2013 @10:30AM (#6063845)
Thomas Paine's deism was rather too godless for a lot of people's tastes, including Theodore Roosevelt.

http://atheism.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Paine

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