BeFranklin you want a liar I had to read Ben Franklin's autobiography today. I wanted to complete that deism quote of his for you and throw in a few others. However, I'm some sorta evil being so I felt touching a great religious object like Franky would be heresy. Ben Franklin was raised presbyterian and took issue with many of its doctrines. Deism contributed to greatly to his religious views and philosophy. The quote for you quote you picked for him just shows he did not feel it was most pertinent to him, ultimately. He basically dodged. He ultimately found his own path on the majority of religious issues. Though he was more than happy to support his local church, he seldom went. He talks about some of his discourse with his church minister as well as how he supported a preacher who had polarized his congregation. You outta post those from his autobiography.