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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 18 Jul 2017

    "Our Founders were deeply religious people." - Mike McCurry (on the podcast) http://www.mattklewis.com/?p=9277 pic.twitter.com/FCcwF46iHB

    8:18 AM - 18 Jul 2017 from Manhattan, NY
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      1. Matthew Dead-mond did I do that right?‏ @matthewfdesmond 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        Narrator voice: "They weren't."

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      1. Neil Heller‏ @nheller394 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        Who founded the country on separation of church and state. They knew better than Pence who byw is wrong

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      1. Frank Sylvester‏ @fas1242 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        Sorry, they actually weren't.

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      1. RobertJC LeBlanc Esq‏ @AttyLeBlanc 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Actually no

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      1. Butthole Dan‏ @ButtholeDan 19 Jul 2017
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        They also practiced bloodletting and kept people as property

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      1. JG‏ @18major 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        Ummmm no they weren't

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      1. Robert abides.‏ @HereticalFacts 19 Jul 2017
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        Inaccurate.

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      1. duncan‏ @duncan10357 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        Em, do a little reading

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      1. DK‏ @KierkeStruck 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        Jefferson clearly wasn't or at least wasn't in the right wing evangelical model

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      1. Mark Hamann‏ @KI7BDA 19 Jul 2017
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        Matt, do you believe in your heart that this is true?

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      1. mp‏ @mp_toby 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        So religious they used the Bible to justify slavery.

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      1. Cathy Crowe‏ @cathy_crowe7 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        No they were not!

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      1. ToonsByKichi‏ @ToonsByKichi 19 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @JohnJHarwood

        they were "religious" .. that is to say, SUPERSTITIOUSpic.twitter.com/t9QRKxUU1W

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      1. KathyO'Scoopie  🍀‏ @oscoopie 19 Jul 2017
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        Brace yourself for all the "deists" who will be coming your way.

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      1. 5 min conversation‏ @ehnottooxabi 18 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Maybe try this again, b/c it's wrong... also "religious" doesn't necessarily mean Christian

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      1. Dylan Devenyi‏ @DylanDevenyi 18 Jul 2017
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        This is just false CC @KevinMKruse

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