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imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion?To make half the

imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion?To make half the

world fools and half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the

world fools and half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the

world." -- Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia <ref> http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/debate.htm</ref><ref>http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html</ref>^{'''reference needed'''}

world." -- Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia <ref> http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/debate.htm</ref><ref>http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html</ref>^{'''reference needed''' '''References 3 and 4 do not authenticate the quote'''}

"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors." –Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823

"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors." –Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823