To: Iam1ru1-2
Jefferson and the Bible: Did he really want to rewrite the Scripture?
He didn't just want to, he did. It's called the Jefferson Bible.
Jefferson believed that the ethical system of Jesus was the finest the world has ever seen. In compiling his own version of The Bible, he sought to separate those ethical teachings from the religious dogma and other supernatural elements that are intermixed in the account provided by the four Gospels.
Source.
4 posted on
03/15/2012 4:10:11 PM PDT by
arderkrag
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To: arderkrag
From what I recall, he cut out anything having to do with the deity of Christ out of his own bible.
The Smithsonian has it. I saw a picture of it in the Smithsonian Magazine quite a few years ago.
8 posted on
03/15/2012 6:08:32 PM PDT by
sauropod
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To: arderkrag
The Jefferson Bible is comprised solely of the direct quotes of Jesus. He edited, but did not rewrite anything.
48 posted on
03/22/2012 12:21:35 PM PDT by
j_tull
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