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Originally Posted by ubertuber
He also hacked the hell out of the New Testament to remove the parts he considered to be later additions. It's completely misleading to say that Jefferson was a Christian in the modern sense. The Jeffersonian bible has little in common with modern practice.
Since Jefferson was the chap who wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence, it seems a little disingenuous to claim that his inclusion of the vague word Creator indicates Judeo-Christian principles.
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Ya' know... I'm failing to see the point here. Whenever *I* point out that certain people aren't "Christians" because of what they choose to follow and/or what rules to adhere to, I promptly get the "Who are you to say who's Christian or not?" rebuttal. So... To keep with tradition... "Who are you to say who's a Christian or not, especially when they call themselves such?"
...Of course, this is all forgetting the fact that Jefferson regularly attended church services and believed Christianity to be the foundation of a republican government.
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