Atheist presidents?

[Lord T Hawkeye]

I've sometimes said I'd be pleasantly surprised to see an atheist president elected but was even more surprised to find Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson listed in Thinking Atheist's list of famous atheists.

Some disagree about this though.  Were they atheists?  Were there any other presidents who were atheists on that note?

[Travis Retriever]

I've sometimes said I'd be pleasantly surprised to see an atheist president elected but was even more surprised to find Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson listed in Thinking Atheist's list of famous atheists.

Some disagree about this though.  Were they atheists?  Were there any other presidents who were atheists on that note?

Abe Lincoln is NOT someone we'd want to be associated with.
I think Thomas Jefferson was actually a Deist (from what I've heard).  I could be wrong though.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

Deist as in believes there is a god but does not follow any religion?

[Travis Retriever]

Deist as in believes there is a god but does not follow any religion?

I believe so.

[MrBogosity]

Deists believe that God created the universe, wound it up and set it going, and then left to pursue other interests.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

Ah, for all practical purposes, that's close enough to atheism for me.  ^^