The Founding Fathers and their Beliefs

The list of the “Founding” Fathers of our country varies depending on the researcher. For my purposes, I used a composite of several lists and limited it to the top 10 most recognized by the researchers. I was surprised to learn that about half did not consider themselves to be Christians. Check out the following:

• George Washington.  Anglican
• Alexander Hamilton.  Deist
• Benjamin Franklin.   Deist
• John Adams.  Unitarian
• Samuel Adams.  Puritan
• Thomas Jefferson.  Deist
• James Madison.   Baptized Anglican, but tended toward Deist over time
• John Jay. Episcopalian
• Thomas Paine, Deist
• John Hancock Congregationalist