There are good reasons for supposing that most, perhaps all, of the Founders believed in God, but this isn't one of them. There is no evidence whatsoever that either John Adams or John Hancock ever said "We recognize no sovereign but God and no king but Jesus." This is a modern urban legend recorded in no sober history book, and was in fact adapted from a slogan of the Fifth Monarchy Men in England a century before the American Revolution.
The urban legend has it that Adams and Hancock said this in reply to a British officer just before the battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775--but neither Adams nor Hancock was even there at the time. The same reply is also sometimes attributed to the Reverend Jonas Clark, who actually was there, but his own account, which is quite detailed, makes no mention of it, nor do any of the other witnesses who left a record of events.
A few commentsA few points:Well, for one thing, John Adams and John Hancock never said it. It's a modern urban myth. You might well ask yourself why do people so readily believe stuff like this that is so easily disproved?
John Hancock I believe.
I believe that he hates to be called an A**hole.
Natural rights.
I believe John Hancock was one
That people should be free of stupid laws that King G. the 3.
God is all-powerful, and he controls the universe, and everything in it; or so I believe.
It depends which country you are referring to.
I believe he started college around 1750 and graduated from Harvard in 1754.
believe it or not but heather lockleer Edit: It would depend on what John Hancock you are referring to. If you are referring to the one who signed the Declaration of Independents he had 2 children, John George Washington Hancock (yes he was named after George Washington the President as John Hancock was friends with him) and Lydia Henchman Hancock. They both unfortunately died, Lydia at about 8 months and John at about 8 years old. The nearest descendants of John Hancock are from his grandfathers brother, Nathaniel Hancock. Additional Note: The reason I wrote the first sentence like I did was because John Hancock's (signer of the Declaration of Independents) father and grandfathers names were also John Hancock.
For the South to be recognised as a sovereign nation of its own.
Depends upon what you mean by "founders". Christianity branched off of Judaism, which has basically the same principles, but the Christians believe that Jesus Christ was God's Son while the others do not.