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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1357745" data-attributes="member: 44954">I read it the first time you mentioned it, and it seems to me he was very critical of the Christian religion.&nbsp; I see the letter as explaining himself as a follower of the teachings of Jesus, not a follower of a dogmatic Christian religion:&nbsp;&quot;I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus, very different from the Platonists, who call me infidel and themselves Christians and preachers of the gospel, while they draw all their characteristic dogmas from what its author never said nor saw.&quot; Most people will agree a Christian is someone who believes Jesus was the literal son of god by virgin birth.&nbsp; Jefferson did not believe in the divinity of Jesus, or the trinity, or miracles.He was a great thinker, not a blind believer. I honestly wonder what his view of the Christian religion would have been if he had lived in a post Darwin world.“Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear”&nbsp; Thomas Jefferson</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1357745, member: 44954"] I read it the first time you mentioned it, and it seems to me he was very critical of the Christian religion. I see the letter as explaining himself as a follower of the teachings of Jesus, not a follower of a dogmatic Christian religion: "I am a [I]real Christian[/I], that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus, very different from the Platonists, who call [I]me[/I] infidel and [I]themselves[/I] Christians and preachers of the gospel, while they draw all their characteristic dogmas from what its author never said nor saw." Most people will agree a Christian is someone who believes Jesus was the literal son of god by virgin birth. Jefferson did not believe in the divinity of Jesus, or the trinity, or miracles. He was a great thinker, not a blind believer. I honestly wonder what his view of the Christian religion would have been if he had lived in a post Darwin world. “Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear” Thomas Jefferson [/QUOTE]

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