Most of the Founding Fathers wouldn’t be considered Christian by most American Christians

“…churches show certain books, which they call revelation, or the word of God. The Jews say, that their word of God was given by God to Moses, face to face; the Christians say, that their word of God came by divine inspiration: and the Turks say, that their word of God (the Koran) was brought by an angel from Heaven. Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all.” - Thomas Paine “Age of Reason”

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Reason10 · 70-79, M

You quote ONE author and assume he speaks for the Founding Fathers?

The founding of America took place in very different times. The First Amendment was drafted basically as a reaction to a major reason why the Revolutionary War was fought: Religious freedom. A lot of settlers had arrived here to escape the oppression of what was at that time called the Church Of England. (It would be called the Anglican Church today.)

I'm pretty sure most American Christians are better educated than that. Public schools may have shoved GOD out of the classroom, but they included studies of all religions, as well as of the history of America itself.