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Originally Posted by Nell
Yes. Numerous brilliant Christian men and one who consecrated the newly formed United States of America to God as his first act as President.
Nell
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I read George Washington's full address at his inauguration. The closest he came to mentioning "God" is to refer to "
that Almighty Being". Who was he actually referring to? I am not convinced he was necessarily a believer; maybe just religious. Perhaps I was expecting too much. I don't know.
What I do know is that Washington smoked pot, as did Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who also used opium/laudanum for most of his life. :-)
I remember Ronald Reagan quoting John 3:16 at a prayer breakfast in 1984. Perhaps his speech writer did that quote for him, perhaps he really meant it.
Who remembers the president of Taiwan around the middle 1980s? He was a follower of Witness Lee and I once heard someone describe him as a "three-meetings-a-week-brother". I assume he was a true believer.