[AnalogReigns]

Clearly Jefferson wasn't a Christian, by any biblical standard. I don't know any responsble scholars who say otherwise.

One thing about the "Jeffersonain Bible" however. He edited it not as how he wanted the Bible to be, or even how he professed to believe, rather as a a tool for "evangelism" to the American Indians, because he thought the mirracles would distract from the essential moral teachings of Christ.

Christians have always claimed those same miracles, far from being a distraction, established and anchored the moral teachings of Christ, showing His right to make them....

[Deb]

Your Jefferson opinion is by far the dumbest I've ever seen. I have a copy of the Jefferson Bible and nowhere in it is there anything but Jefferson's hand-written notes in the margins and under-linings of profound thought.

"Distract the indians"...I'd love to see your source for that one. Where do you anti-Christian, re-writers of history come up with this crap, on the toilet?

Read any of Jefferson's letters to Adams and try to pretend he wasn't a Christian.

[sauropod]

Hmmm... I had not heard that before. Thank you for the insight.

I recall that the Smithsonian Magazine article w/ the picture of the bible in it said what I stated before. Perhaps the article writer was unaware of this.