What is the reason for the almost religious worship that is bestowed upon the founders in the US?

I do not even know the names of the people who wrote the German Constitution, because let us face it, they just did their job and were not infallible, so I would not take their opinions at face value.
Yet, a lot of times when the US founders are brought up, people do just that, take their words at face value, assume they are absolutely true and no questions asked, almost as if the founders were some group of gods or supernatural beings whose opinions are inherently infallible.
Why do you think that is?