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**SoorgoBardy** · 10-26-2007, 08:14 AM

I believe it was Benjamin Franklin that cut all the miracles out of his bible. It may have been Jefferson.

It was Jefferson. He attempted to cut out all the "superstitions" in the bible. As he believed the moral and ethical lessons of jesus to be some of the greatest in the world. However he viewed the "superstitious" aspects as being added later and did not believe in the divinity of jesus. He viewed christians as being misled and commiting attrocities because of these superstitions. He was highly critical of christians and christianity in general.

You can read it several places online. Such as these.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/jb/index.htm

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/mo...c/JefJesu.html

http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/

10-26-2007, 08:14 AM	#24
SoorgoBardy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	I believe it was Benjamin Franklin that cut all the miracles out of his bible. It may have been Jefferson. It was Jefferson. He attempted to cut out all the "superstitions" in the bible. As he believed the moral and ethical lessons of jesus to be some of the greatest in the world. However he viewed the "superstitious" aspects as being added later and did not believe in the divinity of jesus. He viewed christians as being misled and commiting attrocities because of these superstitions. He was highly critical of christians and christianity in general. You can read it several places online. Such as these. http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/jb/index.htm http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/mo...c/JefJesu.html http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/
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