[TheRealThing]

⬆⬆ I still believe the United States provides the religious freedom that enables American Christianity to reach out to the world in missions, in good works, in evangelism etc. in a way unparalleled in the history of Christianity. Also, this nation has provided a safe haven for dispersed Jews, and has perhaps supported Israel to a fault.

Staying with the knowledge angle as that applies to the founders. The Scriptures in our day are far better understood in every conceivable application than at the time of the founders. The average preacher today has a virtual library of Alexandria at his fingertips. All manner of spiritual works, that and centralized compilations amassed at the colleges and seminaries, which give context. Along with Hebrew Greek customs and secular history of the day, allow both the New and Old Testaments to be much more deeply understood by a far greater number of people.

That is not to say they were wrong. Just saying it would have been the rarity rather than the norm, to sit under the teaching of a great preacher/teacher.