It's the little things that really bug me

antitheist33 · 14 days

Jefferson wasn't a non-believer, he was a deist.

This is the central quote inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial:

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

He believed in God, just not the typical Christian version. The 'tyranny' he was referring to in this quote was the clergy in Philadelphia who were campaigning against him in his run for the presidency because they didn't consider him a Christian. Link to letter.

It might have had something to do with the fact that, in addition to being a chief proponent of the separation of church and state, he re-wrote the Gospels, editing out all references to Jesus being the son of God or performing miracles. Jefferson Bible

clodhen · 13 days

Strictly speaking that would not be irony.

TimetogetDownvoted · 13 days

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

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Irony	229^coms	1077^pts	20^dys	atheism
God Bless Irony	2^coms	13^pts	10^dys	atheism
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. - Thomas Jefferson	46^coms	461^pts	1^mo	atheism

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