Oh sure, we know TJ (that’s what I call him) was a real dandy who loved his slaves and loved his liberty (and lavender according to sources deep within the administration), but did you know TJ had his own version of the bible?
Thats right, TJ would cut and paste words and sections together to rewrite it as he saw fit, and why not?
The editor suggests that The Jefferson Bible be read as Thomas Jefferson intended, without even thinking about what was left out or moved from one place to another. His purpose was to present a code of morals, suitable for instruction in ordinary living, not a code of religious dogmas and supernatural beliefs. It is the editor’s hope that readers of The Jefferson Bible will be better able to appreciate the strikingly sublime ethical philosophy of Jesus when his words are separated from the other doctrinal issues, and that they will be able to agree with Jefferson that these “doctrines of Jesus are simple and tend all to the happiness of man.”
Read it for yourself.
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