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Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie
If you don't like Thomas Paine, how 'bout Franklin:
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758
“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.”
“He (the Rev. Mr. Whitefield) used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard.”
“I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.”
How about John Adams:
“The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.” John Adams
Seems clearly to be speaking of Christianity.
Jefferson:
"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."
Shoot, lets go a little further along- how about Lincoln?
“My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.”
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Ah but even Ben saw the wisdom of the Bible even if he didn't believe it.
And the thought that Adams WASN'T a Christian is remarkable.
I was involved in a discussion of Jefferson many years ago, the consensus was that he did fall away (and while fallen invented 'modern' negative campaigning!) but came back when older. I don't know if that is true (the campaigning is). But, 1 of many many.
Lincoln was born in 1809
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Originally Posted by merrylander
I got to 79, well in seven more days, by realizing I had two ears and two eyes but only one mouth, the 2:1 ratio is no accident.
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I would do well to learn that a bit myself Sir.
Pete