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[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

You are delusional. Jefferson's own words establish his position. Read the words of Abigail Adams when she heard he would be President. She all but referred to him as an atheist. This was not an uncommon sentiment among religious people at that time. Just because you plug your ears and shout, "LALALALALALA" doesn't mean it isn't true.

LALALALALALA all day long over his letter to Benjamin Rush:

"To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence; & believing he never claimed any other."

You can look into his history and find the issue with Jefferson. He had a bad taste in his mouth (from his upbringing) over the Anglican Church and his bad impression of the Catholic Church during the French Revolution. That certainly didn't make him a Deist. You can be a revisionist if you want.

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

LALALALALALA all day long over his letter to Benjamin Rush:

"To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence; & believing he never claimed any other."

You can look into his history and find the issue with Jefferson. He had a bad taste in his mouth (from his upbringing) over the Anglican Church and his bad impression of the Catholic Church during the French Revolution. That certainly didn't make him a Deist. You can be a revisionist if you want.

In the very statement you quote he denies the Deity of Christ, and furthermore his statement as to those who pervert Christianity was not just the Anglican church...


"Christianity...(has become) the most perverted system that ever shone on
man...Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the
teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and imposters led by Paul, the
first great corruptor of the teachings of Jesus."