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Thomas Jefferson rewrote the gospels and left out all references to Jesus being the son of god and edited out most of the "miracles" (and I believe we would count him as a founding father.)
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He didn't rewrite it just for shits-n-giggles. He wanted people to see what religion is truly about, without all the superstition and supernatual references. He basically took out everything that made it a Christian document: the virgin birth, the resurrection, etc.
The whole business of original intent is pretty much bogus, unless you actually look at what they said about the separation of church and state and other things. They weren't shy about writing down most of their thoughts. The main problem with original intent is that we can't do anything about it. The Supreme Court does not and can not make their decisions based on original intent, so talking about it is pointless. Besides, the founding fathers didn't even have electricity or cars or telephones or polyester or plastic or interstates. They hadn't gone through WWI and II or the Great Depression or the 60's or had been able to travel through space. After looking at all that I'd say the founding fathers are pretty ignorant of our current situation and our current needs.