[Celtjew Libertarian]

Proof? Link? Adams was an ORDAINED MINISTER..

First off, Adams was not an ordained minister. His father had encouraged him to be and his father-in-law was a minster, but Adams was not.

Adams was a minister in that was the title of an ambassador, when he served as a diplomat in France and England. But that was a political title, not a religious one.

As for the quote, "The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity," please note he was not denying Jesus. He was saying Jesus was used as an excuse for absurd ideas. The full quote is:
"The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole carloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity."

In fairness, using the same standard I did on the Washington quote, I cannot find a source for it. Everything I found, starting with his entry in Wikiquote merely attribute it to him.

[Liberal Classic]

This thread may be destined for the Forum of the Black Lung (which may not be a bad thing if it bumps off the American Idol thread) but in the interest of advancing our understanding American history during the colonial period and the Benjamin Franklin in particular, here is Ben's Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania.