I'm pretty sure the founding fathers intended it to be a Christian nation.  When they were talking freedom OF religion, not from it, they were thinking of all the DIFFERENT religions . Particularly Catholic and Protestant.  They certainly weren't considering agnostics.  And the intent to separate church from state was their intent so the differences between their different Christian religions wouldn't be a debilitating factor. I hear TJ claiming it was FROM as well as OF.  I disagree. It was OF.  It was the Govt. meant to have freedom FROM religion, not the people, who were guaranteed freedom OF.