While most Christians believe that the first five Presidents of the US were not only Christians but conservative Christians, nothing could be farther from the truth. The first five Presidents were self-professed Christians and did attending Christian services. However, this was a time when any serious politician had to be a practicing Christian, a time when deism was looked at as almost a form of atheism. However, if one analyzes the actions, writings, speeches, and comments of these five important men, perhaps the most enlightened men in America\u00b4s early history, it is evident that they agreed with many of the tenets of traditional deism. And somewhat ironically, where they disagreed with deism is more or less where Religious Deism disagrees with traditional deism. Take a look at the final section of the website on the founding fathers and their deist tendencies and discover just how close they actually were to having a theology similar to that of Religious Deism. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While most Christians believe that the first five Presidents of the US were not only Christians but conservative Christians, nothing could be farther from the truth. The first five Presidents were self-professed Christians and did attending Christian services. However, this was a time when any serious politician had to be a practicing Christian, a time … <\/p>\n