Does anyone else know of anymore good quotes from the founding fathers concerning freedom from Christianity?

Question by wwhy: Does anyone else know of anymore good quotes from the founding fathers concerning freedom from Christianity?
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies.” – Thomas Jefferson

“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.” – Thomas Jefferson

“In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.” – James Madison

” The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.” – John Adams

“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.”
— Abraham Lincoln

“The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”
— John Adams

“Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.”
— Thomas Jefferson

And there aren’t a whole lot of quotes from Washington, but he was most likely a Deist. Washington DID say this, however:
“If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists.”

“In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.” – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America

“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.” – Thomas Jefferson

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. — James Madison

‘When the government fears the people it is a democracy….when the people fear their government it is tyranny…’ — Thomas Jefferson

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.– Thomas Jefferson

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

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Answer by Alan
Nice set of quotes. Check out Thomas Paine’s “The Age of Reason”. You will probably like it.

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