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Major Nikon

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12. Totally incorrect

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 08:25 PM

Jan 2019

Jefferson eliminated all the hocus pocus from the NT, including many “words of Jesus”. One doesn’t have to guess at his motivation because he stated quite clearly he removed the “nonsense”. Since he created it exclusively for his own use, it’s pretty silly to suggest he did it for any reason other than parsing out what he liked and trashing what he didn’t.

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Red Letter Christians gear up for UK launch [View all] guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP

Red letter Bibles have been around for a long time. safeinOhio Jan 2019 #1

I believe that T. Jefferson composed the first such Bible. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2

No need to just believe it. You can download scanned images of the original, MineralMan Jan 2019 #3

I had always though his Bible was a Unitarian view. safeinOhio Jan 2019 #4

Jefferson cut out all the bits he didn't like. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #6

Totally incorrect. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #9

Totally incorrect Major Nikon Jan 2019 #12

I had thought He cut out all safeinOhio Jan 2019 #11

Or, we are all a part of the Creator. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #10

Sound like pagan religious principles to me. MineralMan Jan 2019 #15

Perhaps you misunderstand the many ways that the weord belief is used. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #8

You mean semantics. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #14

Do you think this is good news? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #5

How do they *know* what Jesus *actually* said? trotsky Jan 2019 #7

They don't Major Nikon Jan 2019 #13

They don't. All of that was written down long after that Yeshua MineralMan Jan 2019 #16