We did an exciting post about how Texas people wish to rewrite history to include how God himself founded it earlier, so these quotes by famous “religious” historic figures should surely put our argument to rest. They were so (not) religious! Thanks again, Texas!

“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
- Benjamin Franklin.
“Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies.”
- Thomas Jefferson.
” The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”
- John Adams
“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private schools, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separated.”
- Ulysses S. Grant
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their [not our?] religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society
- George Washington.
“My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.”
- Abraham Lincoln

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