Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith2. Comment #214368 by PristinePanda on July 20, 2008 at 10:33 am
3. Comment #214370 by PristinePanda on July 20, 2008 at 10:34 am
4. Comment #214371 by Robert Maynard on July 20, 2008 at 10:38 am
5. Comment #214372 by Oystein Elgaroy on July 20, 2008 at 10:46 am
"Yet, he is the least likely person I'd want to pray with."
6. Comment #214374 by thewhitepearl on July 20, 2008 at 10:49 am
Can you imagine the reaction if word got out that a president of the United States cut out Bible passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, 'I only believe these parts?'
7. Comment #214376 by Cartomancer on July 20, 2008 at 10:52 am
8. Comment #214378 by Cartomancer on July 20, 2008 at 10:56 am
9. Comment #214379 by Dhamma on July 20, 2008 at 11:00 am
10. Comment #214380 by D'Arcy on July 20, 2008 at 11:01 am
11. Comment #214381 by PristinePanda on July 20, 2008 at 11:01 am
12. Comment #214382 by mordacious1 on July 20, 2008 at 11:02 am
13. Comment #214383 by AmericanGodless on July 20, 2008 at 11:04 am
"Can you imagine the reaction if word got out that a president of the United States cut out Bible passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, 'I only believe these parts?' "
"He was a product of his age," said Ferrell, whose upcoming book, "The Bible and the People," includes a chapter on the Jefferson Bible. "Yet, he is the least likely person I'd want to pray with. He was more skeptical about religion than the other Founding Fathers."
14. Comment #214384 by Oystein Elgaroy on July 20, 2008 at 11:05 am
15. Comment #214385 by thewhitepearl on July 20, 2008 at 11:06 am
I think it is an American thing like voting for a President you would want to have a beer with.
16. Comment #214387 by mordacious1 on July 20, 2008 at 11:08 am
17. Comment #214391 by rod-the-farmer on July 20, 2008 at 11:21 am
Yet, he is the least likely person I'd want to pray with
18. Comment #214392 by PristinePanda on July 20, 2008 at 11:23 am
19. Comment #214393 by gyokusai on July 20, 2008 at 11:23 am
Thomas Jefferson set to work with scissors, snipping out every miracle and inconsistency he could find in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John [...] "I have performed the operation for my own use," he continued, "by cutting verse by verse out of the printed book, and arranging the matter, which is evidently his and which is as easily distinguished as diamonds in a dunghill."
20. Comment #214394 by PristinePanda on July 20, 2008 at 11:26 am
21. Comment #214395 by Shane McKee on July 20, 2008 at 11:26 am
22. Comment #214396 by thewhitepearl on July 20, 2008 at 11:28 am
I was discussing with an xian the other day how we have few, if any, polymathic people around today, especially in the way Jefferson was.
23. Comment #214399 by Dhamma on July 20, 2008 at 11:48 am
24. Comment #214400 by thewhitepearl on July 20, 2008 at 11:48 am
25. Comment #214404 by mordacious1 on July 20, 2008 at 11:57 am
26. Comment #214407 by mordacious1 on July 20, 2008 at 12:04 pm
27. Comment #214409 by Oystein Elgaroy on July 20, 2008 at 12:10 pm
28. Comment #214410 by thewhitepearl on July 20, 2008 at 12:11 pm
29. Comment #214411 by Quine on July 20, 2008 at 12:15 pm
30. Comment #214422 by MPhil on July 20, 2008 at 12:49 pm
31. Comment #214426 by Kubenzi on July 20, 2008 at 12:56 pm
32. Comment #214431 by mordacious1 on July 20, 2008 at 1:00 pm
33. Comment #214432 by rod-the-farmer on July 20, 2008 at 1:02 pm
34. Comment #214435 by MPhil on July 20, 2008 at 1:06 pm
35. Comment #214444 by BigJohn on July 20, 2008 at 1:15 pm
36. Comment #214461 by alovrin on July 20, 2008 at 1:42 pm
37. Comment #214502 by MPhil on July 20, 2008 at 2:32 pm
38. Comment #214505 by Shane McKee on July 20, 2008 at 2:35 pm
39. Comment #214508 by mordacious1 on July 20, 2008 at 2:43 pm
40. Comment #214527 by Wosret on July 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I think that expert linguists impress me the most. I don't really know why, but I just find the idea of speaking a multitude of languages amazing.
41. Comment #214551 by Red Foot Okie on July 20, 2008 at 3:38 pm
42. Comment #214603 by JeremyH on July 20, 2008 at 4:47 pm
43. Comment #214628 by mandrellian on July 20, 2008 at 5:43 pm
"Can you imagine the reaction if word got out that a president of the United States cut out Bible passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, 'I only believe these parts?' "44. Comment #214681 by Border Collie on July 20, 2008 at 6:48 pm
45. Comment #214841 by utelme on July 21, 2008 at 12:33 am
Wow, just think of what Joseph Smith could have done had he been smart enough to cut and paste!
46. Comment #214858 by PJG on July 21, 2008 at 1:31 am
"Can you imagine the reaction if word got out that a president of the United States cut out Bible passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, 'I only believe these parts?' "
47. Comment #214930 by catskill on July 21, 2008 at 4:23 am
48. Comment #214953 by Wosret on July 21, 2008 at 5:37 am

One representative even said that the Bible and the Declaration of Independence were the two best things ever written.
49. Comment #214957 by Stella on July 21, 2008 at 5:41 am
50. Comment #214970 by Faithhead on July 21, 2008 at 5:57 am
Isn't this what ALL Christians do?
For a lot of people, taking scissors to the Bible would be such an act of desecration they wouldn't do it," Ritchie said.
ask any moderate, intelligent christian do they believe in the virgin birth and you get some monty python type answer "Well its not really that simple "Its kind of metaphorical...".
1. Comment #214367 by Robert Maynard on July 20, 2008 at 10:33 am
Catch your tongues, smartypants. If it's not new to you it's because it wasn't written just for your benefit.
I'm tired of reading people complain to let people know that they know so much. :P
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