Great link, thanks. > hese men were determined that differences in religion would not be a big deal I always see it as a little step further than that. They s

Great link, thanks. > hese men were determined that differences in religion would not be a big deal I always see it as a little step further than that. They saw it as irrelevant to the governance of a country. Perhaps personally atheism wouldn't have sat well with them (and I postulate that atheism was still new then and so not really widely considered) but I doubt it would have worried them to have atheists in government :) I suspect myself of having somewhat rose tinted specs though :) (the main point, I think, is that I don't believe any of the founding fathers would have burn't atheists at the stake - which is enough)