He was exiled from Massachusetts and went there to establish an
experimental colony that allowed freedom of religion.
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No. The men who wrote the constitution and Washington were very
careful in their application of religion. They had lived under a
state religion and knew how repressive a state religion could be.
These were men truly believed in the freedom of religion and worked
to create a separation of church and state. To consecrate the US to
God would have been against Washington's basic beliefs. He did
refer to God as providence and that providence was neither right or
wrong.
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Roger Williams established the settement of providence with a
belief in religion tolerance
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Roger Williams established the settement of providence with a
belief in religion tolerance
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Frank E. Grizzard has written:
'The ways of Providence' -- subject(s): Biography, Presidents,
Religion