The genius of America’s founding fathers - Francis Wheen

The genius of America’s founding fathers was to guarantee freedom from religion and freedom of religion simultaneously. ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof’ – the First Amendment.

America has preserved the religious imagination it imported from Europe, whereas Europe itself – much of which still resists disestablishment – is now the most Godless continent on Earth”.

Francis Wheen – “How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world” pp 310