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Originally Posted by Robbie
The pilgrims were running from religious persecution.
The pilgrims didn't draft the Declaration of Independence. That came a 156 years after the pilgrims landed.
Thomas Jefferson would greatly disagree with your statement about religion. He was very anti-religion. As were most of the founding fathers. Quick google search for "Thomas Jefferson And Religion" will show you that.
Matter of fact...Jefferson was more of a Deist than a Christian.
Our country has become religiously fanatical in modern times (the last 70 years or so).
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They were Puritan-leaning Pilgrims. The Church of England was cracking down. They came here to practice their religion.
I did not say the Pilgrims drafted the Declaration of Independence, I was pointing out that 156 years later religion was important enough that they mentioned in the beginning and as I recall, they even brought it up in the Constitution. What was it, the 1st Amendment?
You have Jefferson as your one example that religion was not a major part of the formation of this country?
