To know the truth has been the worst enemy of churches for milleniums. That is why in the middle ages, when the church had full power, the knowledgment stopped almost completely. Until the invention of printing when everybody could read and express ideas to figure out how science works.. Many were killed by the church's inquisition but searching for the truth finally prevailed over the church darkness.

I strongly agree with Nitzsche.. belief is to think irracional, against the only way we have to know the true !!

A great thought, nothing closer to reality. Religion has been one of the major cause of death and suffering for thousands of years. Specially monotheistic religions that feel the mandate of their fanatic point of view to do harm to those non belivers for their own god. Religions (Catholic above all) have been the major reason for keeping the human race from knowing the law of nature, from Universe to medicine. The devolvement of knowledge has been always been jeopardized by religions.

The quote is great- and it's certainly consistent with Patrick Henry's beliefs- and the founding fathers, whether it's sourced or not- I've said tons of things, and nobody sources me : ) and yes it can be easily proven the that the founding fathers were believing Christians- Not only were almost all active church members- many were leaders in their denominations. About 1/3 wrote Bible Tracts explaining urging people to repent and come to Christ for the forgiveness of their sins. These tracts were published and available, proving conclusively that they were not Deists. Unfortunately, some people try to revise history and even well-meaning people believe them. A little research helps. -jason