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Not one of the first six [U.S.] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who "doubted that Christ was a god" and equated God with "the power behind nature, as discerned by science."

Not one of the first six [U.S.] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who doubted that Christ was a god and equated God with the power behind nature, as discerned by science.