oldzimm Posted March 17, 2012 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,874 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 348 Days Won: 12 Joined: 03/10/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/08/1955 Share Posted March 17, 2012 What about Thomas Jefferson? He re-edited the Gospels removong anything he regarded as supernatutal ot irrational.. How would you rank his level of Biblical hostility? Jefferson never claimed to be a Christian that I know of. And what does Jefferson have to do with Obama anyway? I was addressing the title of the thread. In which way do my commemts not do that? If you wanted to limit the discussion to Obama or to Presidents who claimed to be Christians, you should have given it a diferent title! Well, T. Jefferson's editing of the Bible was not due to any personal hostilty. Jefferson lived during the "Age of Reason" and the Bible, during that time was studied from the standpoint of the "reason" of that age Scholars sought to demythologize the Bible. Jefferson simpy reflected the time and age in which he lived. He was not a "Christian" in terms of being a follower of Christ. Jefferson and many of his contemporaries had a healthy respect for the Bible (at least the parts they believed in). They were not "Christians" in the biblical sense, but they were at least "culturally" Christian. Well said, I mean wrote, no I mean posted, ............you get my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted March 17, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 What about Thomas Jefferson? He re-edited the Gospels removong anything he regarded as supernatutal ot irrational.. How would you rank his level of Biblical hostility? Jefferson never claimed to be a Christian that I know of. And what does Jefferson have to do with Obama anyway? I was addressing the title of the thread. In which way do my commemts not do that? If you wanted to limit the discussion to Obama or to Presidents who claimed to be Christians, you should have given it a diferent title! Ah, I see, a diversionary tactic to take the attention off of the concerns with regards to Pres. Obama. You should have discerned the title wasn't mine, but the articles'. So how about discussing the actions of this president, who claims to be a Christian yet has done these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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