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Many, at least a reasonable number of the "founders," the "framers of the Constitution," were Deists. Do you think that they would have been atheists if they had formed their religious views in a post-Darwinian world?

Asked by lillycoyote (24865points) March 24th, 2010

If yes, why, if no why? It is certainly impossible to assume what they might or might have thought, but we can always speculate. Is it as simple as saying: Yes, they would have thought differently had they had the science available to them at the time? Is there something in their writings that might make you think they still would have been deists, even post-Darwin? Or not?

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