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elleng

(137,097 posts) Fri Jan 3, 2025, 09:03 PM Friday

I thought it was UNLIKELY that TJ would begin every day with such, a PRAYER!!!

THANKS, Ali V.

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'It is said,' but it is not so,' T. Jefferson did NOT begin with a prayer every day. (Original Post) elleng Friday OP

They just make stuff up. Truth and facts are anathema to them. surfered Friday #1

RIGHT! elleng Friday #2

But he did make his own bible, getting rid of the stuff he didn't like Historic NY Friday #3

'Smart' guy!!! elleng Saturday #4

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1. They just make stuff up. Truth and facts are anathema to them.

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 09:05 PM

Friday

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2. RIGHT!

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 09:07 PM

Friday

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3. But he did make his own bible, getting rid of the stuff he didn't like

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 11:24 PM

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-thomas-jefferson-created-his-own-bible-180975716/]

https://archive.org/details/jeffersonbibleli0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up]

Jefferson, who had suffered great criticism for his religious beliefs, once said that the care he had taken to reduce the Gospels to their core message should prove that he was in fact, a “real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.”

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4. 'Smart' guy!!!

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 01:39 AM

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