The Founding Fathers and a quote from Mindy

I was looking into whether the founding fathers of America were chrisitan or not with Mindy for a U.S. Government project and Mindy said something that really struck me. We were talking about how most of them did not ever say that they were christian and in fact were very much self proclaimed Deists but how alot of the way they lived was based on christian principles and they would acknowledge that. Benjamin Franklin, a deist, said that christian morals and living seems to be the best way to live ones life and yet he himself was not a christian. Almost all of these founding fathers lived very good lives and had alot of integrity. But Mindy said something that got me thinking. she said "You can live good and not be a christian. You can even live the way a christian would and not follow Jesus. Christianity is more than just how you live but is a belief in Jesus as savior." I don't know what it was about it but it hit me like a ton of bricks. Maybe I have been so concerned with living "right" that I have forgotten my savior. Its not about our works, although that is part of it, it is about our faith and trust in Jesus as the savior. So just because the founding fathers lived an upright life, that doesn't make them christian. Maybe for too long I have based people as christian or non-christian by how they live. When really you can live a good and upright life and not follow Jesus at all.