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He published “Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion” in November 1728 to present his views on religion. In it, he professed a belief in one God who created the universe and endowed humans with reason so that they could discover his laws. However, he did not mention much religious dogma. As to the belief in Jesus Christ’s divinity, he ...
Benjamin Franklin delivered this famous speech, asking that the Convention begin each day's session with prayers, at a particularly contentious period, when it appeared that the Convention might break up over its failure to resolve the dispute between the large and small states over representation in the new government.
May 23, 2024 · Religious Beliefs of the Founding Fathers The American founding era encompassed a vast spectrum of religious beliefs, reflecting the diversity of the population itself. Approximately 98% of Americans of European descent identified with Protestantism, predominantly adhering to the reformed theological tradition. This demographic shaped the religious landscape the Founding Fathers traversed ...
Jan 1, 2002 · Philada. Nov. 20 1728. First Principles. I Believe there is one Supreme most perfect Being, Author and Father of the Gods themselves. For I believe that Man is not the most perfect Being but One, rather that as there are many Degrees of Beings his Inferiors, so there are many Degrees of Beings superior to him.
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. [1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a ...
Accessed 26 October 2024. For some time the question of the religious faith of the Founding Fathers has generated a culture war in the United States. Scholars trained in research universities have generally argued that the majority of the Founders were religious rationalists or Unitarians. Pastors and other writers who.
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May 12, 2017 · Some deists espoused the classic “watchmaker” view of God: the deity had wound up the world and went away, never to be involved with humankind again. Other deists, including Franklin, believed that God intervened in history, and that God responded to prayer. To Franklin, being a deist meant doubting tenets such as Jesus’s divinity.