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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:48:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > Hmm. Check out this letter from TJ written in 1803-- perhaps you don't know
> > EXACTLY what he thought about Christianity after all:
> > http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/jeffbsyl.html
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> Um..okay. My advice is that you go and read more extensively on this subject.
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> While Jefferson embraced the ideas of Christ (perhaps the parables, sort of
> the red letter stuff), he was fairly hostile to the idea of Christ's
> divinity and to certain aspects of the gospels (esp. Pauline thought). I
> don't think that reference makes the argument that you think it does.
When he professes that "I am a Christian", I think it makes my argument better
than yours.
> Jefferson was speaking of these things very much in the abstract and not as
> a believer, taking what he liked and leaving what he didn't like.
Ahh. Welcome to Christianity 101. You think every Christian believes the same
thing?
And FWIW,
> I knew of this reference.
So what's your point?
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> If you have any more to say, you will be saying it in a vacuum, I'm done
> with it. You should read more.
Fine.
-John
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