Some good points made here, but one that is left unsaid is that the Founders were all members of the masonic order. Historically, the Masonic Way is the aristocratic way. In this way, the founders were really aristocratic Luciferians. However god-fearing (which "god"?) they proclaimed to be, their secret order of lineage is rooted firmly in Luciferian occult practices. For better for worse, the Devil always requires a price be paid. No deal with the devil ever ends well. Our country's blessings have been bought with a curse, and one that continues to plague us to this day.