Jefferson was wrong, as were so many others who predicted and longed for the end of Christianity.
Paine, in his evo-like hatred of the Bible, totally misses that the Bible deals a lot with historical things and does not gloss them over. It deals with reality and what people really did. It doesn’t mean, however, that God condoned “the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness”.
The Pharisees also accused Jesus of being demonic. Nothing new under the sun.
Paine, in his evo-like hatred of the Bible...
I was merely using these quotes to point out some of the Founding Fathers weren't Christians. Do you disagree?