Jefferson was just honest about his editing effort.
Compare and contrast to today's cafeteria Christian's, hunting and picking the Scriptures they will comport to, the ones they think believers and non-believers alike should be subject to by force of law, and the ones they will studiously ignore.
Compare and contrast to today's cafeteria Christian's, hunting and picking the Scriptures they will comport to, the ones they think believers and non-believers alike should be subject to by force of law, and the ones they will studiously ignore.