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To: Truthsayer20
Well the definition of who gets to be a Christian is quite elastic with some. When trying to claim that the founding fathers were Christian, anti-Christians like Paine, Deists like Franklin, and a man who called himself a sect of one like Jefferson; all seem to get conveniently lumped in.

In order to do this one must ignore their many quotes that ridiculed the supernatural, denied the divinity of Christ, and denied allegiance to any religious creed.
26 posted on 06/22/2005 3:44:43 PM PDT by Mylo
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To: Mylo; Truthsayer20
"In order to do this one must ignore their many quotes that ridiculed the supernatural, denied the divinity of Christ, and denied allegiance to any religious creed."

Jefferson certainly believed in the supernatural. He believed in God. He believed in angels, and Satan, he believed in Prayer and believed that God did intervene in the lives of men. (I have dozens of letters, quotes, from jefferson supporting this)

Jefferson despised the corruption of Christ's words by men who tried to seek advantage over other men. He despised the corruptions of the Catholic church. he did not agree that Christ was God, nor do I. Christ was the Son of God, not God Himself.

Funny, Mylo, but you choose to ignore the many more quotes of Jefferson when he claims to be Christian.

In Protestantism no man tells another man whether they are Christian or not. Each man himself claims their discipleship to Christ.

You can also be Christian without belonging to any specific church (though Jefferson attended several on a regular basis depending whether he was in Virginia or Washington)

Jefferson prayed to God, followed the teachings of Christ and shared the Gospel with others (he wrote books about Christ). I have hundreds of quotes of his supplications to God.

By definition Deists do not pray to God, nor do they believe in an afterlife. Jefferson did both.

You cannot deny Jeffersons own profession of faith in Christ.

You cannot ignore Jeffersons belief in an afterlife and judgment by God.

"We are not in a world ungoverned by the laws and the power of a Superior Agent. Our efforts are in His hand, and directed by it; and He will give them their effect in His own time." -- Thomas Jefferson To David Barrow, Monticello, 1815

30 posted on 06/22/2005 4:31:07 PM PDT by Mark Felton ("I am a real Christian...a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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