Has anyone ever read the Jefferson Bible?
For those that have not heard of it before:
The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was an attempt by Thomas Jefferson to glean the teachings of Jesus from the Christian Gospels. Jefferson wished to extract the doctrine of Jesus by removing sections of the New Testament containing supernatural aspects as well as perceived misinterpretations he believed had been added by the Four Evangelists.
That was from Wikipedia
Basically Jefferson believed that the moral teachings of Jesus were great, but were distorted with all the him being God stuff.
I like it because I believe the Bible has some excellent moral stories, but it all gets clouded with all the non sense in it.
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