Really? I wonder what you consider "Christian?" Someone who denies Trinity? Someone who denies the divinity of Jesus? Someone who calls himself a "church-going animal?"
Would a "Christian man, heart and soul" write the following?
I mean, when you become the favorite source of quotes for atheists, claiming to be a "Christian man, heart and soul" sounds a little naïve at best, if not outright misinformed. Speaking of context...
If kosta thinks my analysis here is unfair, he can instruct me as to why that is.
To me context matters, of course. Like most people I make a decision (for a variety of reasons) how much of the context serves to convey a message. Sometimes it's a lot, and sometimes it's not.
YHAOS wants to know what website you are visiting to get all these atheist spins on John Adams. And so do I.
The atheist will see what he sees from where he stands — after having taken God out of the picture. And so I simply say, the atheist does not see Reality as God made it. Which is simply to say, he doesn't understand Reality at all.
If you really knew anything about the life of John Adams, you wouldn't be making the claims you are making (i.e., that he really was — deep down — a closet atheist).