I've personally met a lot of Christians who propose that the world today is the way it is due to the secular mindset. I'm sure many of you know the argument of calling Hitler an atheist and assuming that's where secularism leads. That's beside the point.

I've been attempting to find primary sources of what the founding fathers thought of a religious foundation. The United States appears to be built off of Christian principles. Furthermore, this doesn't entirely make sense to me since Britain was ruled by the Anglican Church. From what I've learned the revolutionaries are the ones attempting to fight off the chains of Britain entirely, but does this not include religion?

The Treaty of Tripoli is an interesting one for me. According to numerous sources, John Adams wrote: "The government of the United States, is in no sense, founded on the Christian religion." I'm trying to find out if George Washington also signed this treaty. I've searched for the official document, but in the end, I've found nothing on it. Information from Washington has appeared to be vague on the religious grounds of the United States. From what I've learned it's indubitable that George Washington was a Christian. He attended an Anglican church during his life, as far as I've learned; even this has been debated.

Other founding fathers such as Jefferson and Franklin were easy to pinpoint how they felt about religion in government and as a whole. Moreover, I'm finding it easy(exuding Washington) to pinpoint individual opinions, but not the founder's concessions on the matter.

The United States is built upon religious freedom. Any person can practice any religion they please. With this fact avowed, why does Christian superiority appear to delve into society; spouting ideas of a country based upon moral superiority?

I'm attempting to learn here more than anything. If anything is wrong tell me. Help on any of the questions I have here would be splendid. Primary sources would be great too.

Thank you for reading!