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Benjamin Franklin

7 mentions in 2 episodes

U.S. founding figure described as likely a deist who was raised Calvinist and became skeptical of organized religion.

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The United States is Not a Christian Nation

  • 3:29

    Hand over heart, praise Jesus. Christians, these were the founding fathers of the United States. They wanted a Christian nation supporting Christian stuff. Washington, Madison, Franklin, Jefferson, etc.

  • 16:13

    Benjamin Franklin, likely a deist, He had been raised in a very strict Calvinist home. He had become skeptical of the church, organized religion.

  • 16:33

    In fact, he once advised people should imitate Jesus and Socrates. 1796, the United States wanted to secure commercial shipping rights

  • 21:11

    I wonder how Jefferson and his secular Christ would have seen Donald Trump and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, etc.

The Unholy Trinity Reunion

  • 39:34

    Washington, Madison, Franklin, Jefferson, etc. and so when they conceived of this great American experiment.

  • 51:53

    Benjamin Franklin, likely a deist, he had been raised in a very strict Calvinist home

  • 52:23

    Benjamin Franklin, likely a deist, He had been raised in a very strict Calvinist home.