"Barack knows we've got to change the language ... " (1 Wookie 2:11)
People don't develope, excersize or change language unless they .... (I know this might be too deep, but try to follow along) ...
talk.
Prior to talk is (we hope), thought.
And reading is closer to thinking than talking.
So a man cuts and pastes the actual words of Jesus and leaves everything else out?
That's more like a recorded interview than a rejection of miracles and background.
We've got to be careful about what we read and what and how we comment because the comment required thought, and thoughts are the brginning of change.
"Barack knows we've got to change the language ... "
I think you’ve gotten to the heart of this exercise. We’re supposed to interpret Jefferson’s actions according to the left’s criteria, and as a result reject Jefferson’s wisdom along with Christ’s.