[GarySpFc]

My quote was not meant to be deceptive. I simply did not have the full quote.

That said, when you read the following written by Jefferson it proves beyond any doubt he was not a deist. Mind you, at the same time I am not claiming he was a Christian as one who confesses Jesus Christ is both fully God and man at the same time.

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can these liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my Country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."
-Notes on the State of Virgina

NO DEIST WROTE THAT.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

""God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can these liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my Country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."
-Notes on the State of Virgina

NO DEIST WROTE THAT."

There is nothing inconsistent with Deism in Jefferson's quote. Deists in the 18th century often DID believe in an afterlife and a day of judgment. Again, I am not saying that PROVES Jefferson was a Deist; just that the above statement does not disqualify him from being one.