• Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    George Washington also never spoke out declaring Christian faith and went to great lengths to avoid it altogether. (If I’m not mistaken)

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      3 days ago

      “The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

      -1797 Treaty of Tripoli begun by George, signed by John Adams and ratified by the Senate.

      Ironically, expecting Americans to know their history is like expecting Christians to have read the entire bible.