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<blockquote data-quote="10 point" data-source="post: 1357397" data-attributes="member: 52520">With respect, your posts of what Jefferson &quot;said&quot; and &quot;did&quot; are but portions of the whole story that anyone can read by googling &quot;positiveatheist.com thomas jefferson quotes&quot; and read the vast statements and letters he made and wrote that were actually saved and many entered into the Smithsonian Institute.First, his &quot;bible&quot; as you call it was just a &quot;little book&quot; (Jefferson&#039;s own statement) that he cut and pasted actual scriptures into. The verses are the teachings of Jesus and other verses that inspired him and others to live a Christlike lifestyle.He never edited any verses. He just saved them as written so your assertion that he had a different bible (Jefferson Bible) is unresearched on your part or propagation of a &quot;truth&quot; twisted to support your beliefs or lack thereof.Second, Jefferson hated the oppression of forced religion and the oppression of government meddling in the church the same. All his writing depict this and it is irrefutable evidence to he fact that he claimed to be a Christian, mentioning Jesus and His teachings many times as the mar of truth.However you believe is each persons choice and Jefferson supported that vehemently but he also proclaimed Jesus as Lord and Savior.Read Jefferson&#039;s letter to Charles Thomson on Jan 9,1816 that is still available in his own handwriting and parchment and you can see a small glimpse of his faith in God and his anger with the Platonist&#039;s assertions against his faith.The phrase that all men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights from their Creator (paraphrased).... where did that come from and who said that?We can cut and paste portions of anyone&#039;s statements or writings to support our point of view but when the whole story is told we look foolish. There&#039;s more info from his autobiography on comeandsee.com Thomas Jefferson Autobiography.Jefferson proclaimed himself to be a disciple of Jesus. Read all his info before you slander the dead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="10 point, post: 1357397, member: 52520"] With respect, your posts of what Jefferson "said" and "did" are but portions of the whole story that anyone can read by googling "positiveatheist.com thomas jefferson quotes" and read the vast statements and letters he made and wrote that were actually saved and many entered into the Smithsonian Institute. First, his "bible" as you call it was just a "little book" (Jefferson's own statement) that he cut and pasted actual scriptures into. The verses are the teachings of Jesus and other verses that inspired him and others to live a Christlike lifestyle. He never edited any verses. He just saved them as written so your assertion that he had a different bible (Jefferson Bible) is unresearched on your part or propagation of a "truth" twisted to support your beliefs or lack thereof. Second, Jefferson hated the oppression of forced religion and the oppression of government meddling in the church the same. All his writing depict this and it is irrefutable evidence to he fact that he claimed to be a Christian, mentioning Jesus and His teachings many times as the mar of truth. However you believe is each persons choice and Jefferson supported that vehemently but he also proclaimed Jesus as Lord and Savior. Read Jefferson's letter to Charles Thomson on Jan 9,1816 that is still available in his own handwriting and parchment and you can see a small glimpse of his faith in God and his anger with the Platonist's assertions against his faith. The phrase that all men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights from their Creator (paraphrased).... where did that come from and who said that? We can cut and paste portions of anyone's statements or writings to support our point of view but when the whole story is told we look foolish. There's more info from his autobiography on comeandsee.com Thomas Jefferson Autobiography. Jefferson proclaimed himself to be a disciple of Jesus. Read all his info before you slander the dead. [/QUOTE]

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