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To: Geist Krieger
"Every man that signed the Constitution of the United States was of the Christian faith."

I believe Thomas Jefferson was a deist.

4 posted on 10/30/2003 1:02:19 PM PST by A Navy Vet (government is the problem, not the solution!)
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To: A Navy Vet
I believe Thomas Jefferson was a deist.

You're right. But the citation you're looking for is Franklin, who was a Deist, and a signer of the Constitution. Jefferson was in Paris at the time, if I remember right.

10 posted on 10/30/2003 1:13:12 PM PST by jimt
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To: A Navy Vet
I believe Thomas Jefferson was a deist.

Common misunderstanding :)

14 posted on 10/30/2003 2:14:11 PM PST by itsahoot (The lesser of two evils, is evil still...Alan Keyes)
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