They say the exception proves the rule. Thomas Paine was a founding father who later in life became a complete skeptic. Most of America’s founding fathers were professing Trinitarian Christians. Dozens of them had the equivalent of a seminary degree. Paine was an exception, not the rule.
Thomas Paine was not a typical founding father. A former Quaker who came from England, Paine proved to be an excellent writer.
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