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Line 9: − − − "I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming − feature.....Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the − introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined and − imprisoned.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson</ref><sup>'''References 3 does not authenticate the quote before the ellipses'''</sup> 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." -- Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia 1787 <ref>http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/k12/psd/colony/tjnotes.htm</ref> − + Line 26:
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In an 1803 letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, he stated:
In an 1803 letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, he stated:
:I then promised you that one day or other I would give you my views of [the Christian religion]. They are the result of a life of inquiry and reflection, and very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed, but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others, ascribing to himself every human excellence, and believing he never claimed any other.<ref>Jefferson, Thomas, April 21, 1803: Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush[http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/jeffbsyl.html]</ref>
:I then promised you that one day or other I would give you my views of [the Christian religion]. They are the result of a life of inquiry and reflection, and very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed, but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others, ascribing to himself every human excellence, and believing he never claimed any other.<ref>Jefferson, Thomas, April 21, 1803: Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush[http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/jeffbsyl.html]</ref>
"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
"If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." Reason is the tool to use to change opinions—not censorship." 1801 inaugral speech.
"If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." Reason is the tool to use to change opinions—not censorship." 1801 Inaugural speech.
He died July 4, 1826 at age 83 in Monticello, Virginia. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents Thomas Jefferson]] By Jim Hargrove, Children's Press </ref>
He died July 4, 1826 at age 83 in Monticello, Virginia. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents Thomas Jefferson]] By Jim Hargrove, Children's Press </ref>
Recently it has been reported the Jefferson had secretly been in bed with his black slaves.
Recently it has been reported the Jefferson had secretly been in bed with his black slaves.
Jefferson is considered by many the first Democrat.
Jefferson is considered by many to be the first Democrat.
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