Is this the pot calling the kettle black? One unbeliever calling another one as a defense ?
Thomas Jefferson was a believer. He believer with all his heart in a Creator. You must be confusing Thomas Paine with Jefferson. Didn't go to school that day? :)
I mentioned him in order to illustrate the fact that quoting Jefferson as a "Catholic" is as misleading as quoting me as a Catholic.
I know this is not too difficult.