The recent Mythology of the United States thread (which I have been thoroughly enjoying), reminded me of an idea I had long ago. What if the United States Founding Fathers created a new religion for there new country similar to the Cult of Reason the French Revolutionaries tried, since while nominal Christian many of them were not that devout.
My original idea went something like this: the creator either doesn't or can't care about his creations so he is irrelevant. However, during the American Revolution the will of the people to be free manifested to create the Goddess of Liberty. With the clergy would be appointed and regulated by its own governmental department.
Anyone have anyone else have any ideas?