Not any special connection, but they were Christians and proud of it. They also said their religious beliefs did indeed influence their policy decisions.
Actually the founding fathers were "deists" or "freethinkers" and they may have been christian but one of the main reasons for doing what they set out to do was to get the religious influences OUT of government/policy(they were not religious zealots nor were they evangelical radicals). Hence why the revolution started to begin with. Taxation with representation, and keeping the church/royalty OUT of policy governing. or did you forget that? i think you did, just reminded you.
Common sense says they would know weaponry would get more advanced as time went on. But again, the average citizen had a rifle far superior to the ones the armies of the day fielded and yet the Fathers had no problem allowing them the rights to own the superior weapons.
This line of reasoning doesnt ring of common sense to me, back then it was musket rifles and musket pistols and cannons. Citizens werent allowed to own cannons at their front door(which seemed to be the "advsnced weaponry of the time), they WERE allowed their rifles for hunting and when the time came to be called into service they would have one at the ready, since back then rifles were utilized for hunting primarily and defending one's home secondary.
1. Do you think the Founding Fathers would have supported killing unborn babies based solely on the mother's whims?
I think the founding fathers would not have utilized the government to dictate a womans reproductive rights, this would have been a church matter but still i dont feel, based on the writings of the founding fathers, that they would have even allowed the church to dictate or control ANYONE. However the mentality back then was different and the constitution did not protect slaves or even free them. things change and move forward, glad that we have a evolution of thought and ideals to abolish slavery, give women voting rights, give a choice to a woman and her own body.
2. Do you think they would support the average family paying around 50% of their income as taxes?
Hard to say, the economy was terrible back then. after the revolutionary war the American economy sucked big time and we almost lost the country back to the britts in the war of 1812(no-one wants to bring this up as it is an ebarrassment to the country.) And we dont pay 50% of our income in taxes today, were the hell do you get those figures from, your X-box?
Peace,TWS