Posted on 05/26/2011 9:08:26 AM PDT by Bitsy
It is a magnificent post.
Our forefathers got Jefferson.
We get the Obamaloon.
Curses!!
Thanks so much (as sweat pours down my face) I just thought I needed to share even though it was my first post, whew:)
Good post. It really highlights the struggles we face in America today.
That is a wonderful post. The men who built this country were truly patriotic Americans.
The quotes are bone-chilling and goosebump raising.
How could we allow our leaders to ignore such profound and prophetic wisdom?
Excellent post, btw.
Thanks for posting.
In 1820 Jefferson completed “The Jefferson Bible”. aka. “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth”.
Nice post, btw.
Great Post!
I love the man. TJ, is my hero!
But he would never be nominated for president in the Republican Party. Sad.
thank you, for posting a reminder of the “gold standard” for public servants.
(shocking to compare to the greedy arrogant ones running our country now.)
...my only addition, would be about Jefferson’s careful research and conclusions about Islam, and his position on National Defense:
“millions for defense but not one cent for tribute,”
http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/what-thomas-jefferson-learned-muslim-t32803.html
“ ... in order to retrieve seized American ships and buy the freedom of enslaved sailors.
Adams argued in favor of paying tribute as the cheapest way to get American commerce in the Mediterranean moving again. Jefferson was opposed. He believed there would be no end to the demands for tribute and wanted matters settled “through the medium of war.” He proposed a league of trading nations to force an end to Muslim piracy.”
I think what Jefferson did was to cut out the passages of the Gospels where Jesus is quoted directly and paste them on blank pages of a notebook.
Great post! Please don’t let it be your last. We need the reminders of our founding.
This is a great post! Tom forecast 2011 pretty well.
bttt
At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.
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Not True. Close to the truth. But Google it if you’re interested.
Tom forecast 2011 pretty well.
I think a question should be put to every presidential candidate - Have you read the life of Thomas Jefferson and do you agree with him. If we compare TJ or OB we can see who was on the right side of history. I pray every day for America and that we be provided with Godly men to lead us out of this quagmire. We need greatness again.
Thanks
To call “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth” by Jefferson a bible is quite a stretch. He removed any hint of Jesus divinity or performing any miracles. It ends with Jesus dead and buried.
Thomas Jefferson is to be admired for a lot of great work. But trying to pass along the moral teachings of Jesus while hiding his divinity and the source of salvation wasn’t one of them.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JefJesu.html
Great post. Thanks for sharing. (Don’t resign yourself to it being your last post....)
>I think what Jefferson did was to cut out the passages of the Gospels where Jesus is quoted directly and paste them on blank pages of a notebook.
IOW, he wanted to see what Jesus himself said.
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