As offspring of The Enlightenment - and Deist in their religious orientation - The Founding Fathers studied science, read the Greek philosophers (and as many other great thinkers as they could get their hands on) and considered Paris the epicenter of Western civilization.
"Deism And Founding Fathers Links"
Since miracles did not accord with science, Jefferson - a hero to small-government, self-reliant, individualist conservatives - published a version of the New Testament which excised every miraculous occurrence.
"The Founding Of America: Christianity As The Message, Not The Medium"
"The Tea Party Is The American Taliban"
Newsroom
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-newsroom-tea-party-is-americas.html
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Alan: Not only would The Founding Fathers have hated The Tea Party, the Republican Old Guard will soon hate The Tea Party as the GOP's worsening civil war becomes existentially non-viable.
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Alan: Not only would The Founding Fathers have hated The Tea Party, the Republican Old Guard will soon hate The Tea Party as the GOP's worsening civil war becomes existentially non-viable.
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