I have not read Jefferson’s Bible but I’ve read of it and I’ve definitely felt it.

“ 'The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth' was created in 1820 by Thomas Jefferson. He was seventy-seven years old when he constructed his book by cutting excerpts of the New Testament Gospels from six printed volumes published in English, French, Latin and Greek. Jefferson edited and arranged the passages in a chronological order to tell the story of Jesus’s life, parables and moral teachings.

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“Jefferson’s goal was to clarify the teachings of Jesus which he believed provided ‘the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man.’ ”

I agree. I read the New Testament and the words of Jesus and I wonder; What are so-called “Christians” thinking to come up with their distortions? How can they miss the message that is so clear?

I long ago stopped calling myself a “Christian,” and finding Jesus in a church is a fool’s errand. Read his words yourself. Let him into your head, let him into your heart. Disabuse yourself of the irrationality of his divinity. Jesus need not be god; let Jesus be Jesus.

And stop calling yourself a “Christian.”

You are a Jesusian.