Patriot News Op-Ed: How Religious Were the Founding Fathers?

One of my Patheos columns was recently picked up by the Harrisburg Patriot-News.  While I don’t put a whole lot of stock in the comments I receive on op-ed pieces, I do think the comments on this particular piece illustrate two things:

1.  There is a lot of misinformation out there on the subject of religion and the founders.

2.  It is hard to make a nuanced argument about this topic in 800 words.

Get the full argument here.

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