The Founding Fathers are often the rallying figures for the conservative faction of America. They point to these men as deeply religious leaders whose piety would be able to subdue all the 'evils' of modern progressivism and federalism that has so besmirched this great nation. They speak of the Divine selection of America, and the rights that God gives.
A look into history tells a different tale, however. For centuries leading up to the American Revolution, it was the assumption of the people of the world that God ordained government, and therefore the common population should be subservient toward it. However, with the rise of new ideals of the 'rule by the people, for the people' we find that the Founding Fathers did not believe in the right of government as ordained by God; instead, they believed it was man who had the right to chose to be ruled. This is a major step in humanism that modern Fundamentalist tend to overlook; that the Founding Fathers did not believe the message of Romans 13 which clearly states that God ordains government. Instead, they believed it was the right of men to decide who rules over them. They denied the authority of God and instead believed they could establish a form of government that took its authority from the people, not from God. This was not a 'Christian' ideal, it was a strongly, intentionally secular idea for its era.
This departure from Scripture is indicative of the real setting of the American Revolution. It was a humanistic movement led by religious men. The term religious does in any way imply Christian or Christlikeness. Instead, we see a denial of Scripture and a reversal of God's position. Instead of viewing God as the authority figure who decides who rules us, the Founding Fathers believed that God had given them rights that even God Himself could not deny: life, liberty, and a pursuit of happiness. None of these so called 'rights' are scripturally based, indeed we are called as Christians to die, be slaves, and to crucify our fleshly desires. In short, the exact opposite of the claims of the Founding Fathers.
This is unsurprising if we look at the men who penned this document. Thomas Jefferson, the penman of this worshipped document, was not a Christian, but a Diest. He did not believe in the Godhood of Jesus, nor his Messiah status. Instead, Jefferson thought Jesus to be a good teacher. As such Jefferson authored his own version of the Bible. The Jefferson Bible was a cut and pasted document that removed all references to Jesus deity and any supernatural elements from the Gospels. He was against the idea that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God. This by definition makes Thomas Jefferson an AntiChrist President.
George Washington, another of the worshipped ancestors of America, was explicit with the Muslim nations of his era that the Unites States was not a Christian Nation. He put that in plain writing when making a treaty with them in 1797. The exact words, written in Arabic, but read in English to the entire Senate were as follows, "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." This approved by the Senate and signed by the then president, John Adams, another of the Founding Fathers.
America is a wonderful land of great opportunity, but that does not make it the most holy nation that has ever existed. There is much revisionist history on both sides of the American divide. We should not worship the Founding Fathers, nor should we worship the icons of our nation. Worship belongs only to God, and as such we are called to be servants of the appointed government. That does not extend to worshiping its Founders, who were impressive and accomplished men; but we do well to remember that they were as fallen and sinful as our current government.
