Well, not exactly accurate. During the 1700's Christian deism was at the height of popularity among intellectuals especially among those who were the founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Deistic beliefs played a huge and well-understood role in the Protestant Reformation, the American revolution, and the French Revolution. Deism is pretty much anti-literal interpretation of the Bible, while they believe in God and that the Bible has some value regarding teaching morality and such, it is to be interpreted not taken in a literal manner. Oh yeah and some of the founding fathers were pretty much-closeted atheists. So yeah, the whole Idea of going back in time to learn about the bible from the founding fathers seems a little bit counterproductive.
if you don't believe me- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faiths_of_the_Founding_Fathers
quote- "the largest group consisted of founders who retained Christian loyalties and practice but were influenced by Deism. They believed in little or none of the miracles and supernaturalism inherent in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Holmes finds a spectrum of such Deistic Christians among the founders, ranging from John Adams and George Washington on the conservative right to Benjamin Franklin and James Monroe on the skeptical left."
but they still did learn from the Bible....how to read and they knew scriptures. Interesting info though. thanks.
In that regard you are right. I think we can learn from a little bit from all religons and systems of belife.