Posted on 09/23/2005 12:07:11 PM PDT by tjefferson101
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
-Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, Dec. 6, 1813.
Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814
"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution."
- James Madison
". . . Some books against Deism fell into my hands. . . It happened that they wrought an effect on my quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a through Deist."
- Benjamin Franklin
"If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practiced it on one another. The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution in the Romish church, but practiced it upon the Puritans. These found it wrong in the Bishops, but fell into the same practice themselves both here [England] and in New England."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifiying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity
- Tom Paine
If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be -- a Christian. -- Mark Twain, Notebooks
Is smitten like a smut kitten like that "hell-hot" Crystal or whatever her name is?
In before the Zot
"Damn, dudes, they are sending a lot of pickle smokers our way today."
They think they will inform us of something they think we don't know about and that will change us from conservative to moonbat....they need to think again.
Seen all those quotes and more...big deal. They say nothing about the truth of Christianity only how some people who call themselves Christians have behaved.
Nothing new here...time to move forward..
"Damn, dudes, they are sending a lot of pickle smokers our way today."
They think they will inform us of something they think we don't know about and that will change us from conservative to moonbat....they need to think again.
Seen all those quotes and more...big deal. They say nothing about the truth of Christianity only how some people who call themselves Christians have behaved.
Nothing new here...time to move forward..
The admins must be enjoying the glee in which we see the trash being prepped to be taken out.....
He was smitten by a kitten of the Viking variety. :o)
How's that working out for you?
It IS a Torquemada kinda day, isn't it?
Gotta love the ZOT threads :) Nice of the mods to let us play with the critter for a bit.
And it was good.
This zot's gonna really hurt from you know who!.............
Jefferson was a brilliant man. But sadly, he had a huge ego and was educated beyond his level of intelligence.
I've never made it in before the Zot before. Strange, I've actually made two responses, and if this one goes, three. Sheesh.
Someone must have actually gone to the restroom for a few. I've heard rumor that they've zotted trolls in 23 seconds before.
Nobody expects a Spanish Inquisition.
Yea, verily.
Poke him wth a stick and see if he's still alive.........
Well put, m'lord.
At least he didn't bring up his unconditional support for illegal immigration, or I'd think it was BayouRod coming back from the beyond for more torture. ;)
LOL!
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