I don’t know which part to correct first
Smash Baals
Smash BaalsOct 6, 08:11
America was founded by Protestant Christian men Not Mormons Not Roman Catholics Not Eastern Orthodox Honor your heritage and become Protestant
Before we were a Republic of states, we were a collection of colonies. Nine out of 13 to those colonies required you to be a protestant to serve in government. Maryland required you to be Catholic to serve. All 13 required you to be Christian. Of course there were more Protestants in government.
Now that said, here’s everything wrong with his post off the top of my head • Zero founding documents had 52 signers • 39 signed the Constitution •I’m splitting hairs with this one, but it’s necessary for clarity. 34–37 signers were Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and Evangelicals, depending on exact classifications. He oversimplified "Protestant", when there are many denominations. •Mormons didn’t exist •Eastern Orthodoxy had negligible presence in the American colonies at the time. •His Catholic count is correct but contextually misleading, Daniel Carroll (MD) and Thomas Fitzsimons (PA), shouldn’t be dismissed because of their religion. •The post's call to "honor your heritage and become Protestant" carries a rhetorical bias and excludes, Catholicism, the diverse Christian and non-Christian influences like Enlightenment Deism to promote a narrow, ahistorical Protestant exceptionalism, especially since it was forced up upon many who wanted to serve by where they lived.
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