RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers)
July 22, 2013 at 3:53 pm
(July 22, 2013 at 3:51 pm)Rahul Wrote:Quote:The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was a book constructed by Thomas Jefferson in the latter years of his life by cutting and pasting (literally with scissors and glue) numerous sections from the New Testament as extractions of the doctrine of Jesus. Jefferson's condensed composition is especially notable for its exclusion of all miracles by Jesus and most mentions of the supernatural, including sections of the four gospels which contain the Resurrection and most other miracles, and passages indicating Jesus was divine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible
I had forgotten about this! Thanks for the reminder! It's a good telling of what kind of man Jefferson was in his latter years.