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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: cosmicforce who wrote (2585)	10/25/2000 3:13:09 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) of 28931

This is difficult to respond to. Jefferson wrote a lot, and much has been written on him--so stating a few vague opinions from memory is something that I will apologize for in advance. I wish I could say that I believed that all Jefferson's high ideals truly reflected a belief in equality of people's rights. But I can't. He seemed to believe in a philosophical and potential equality; Yet he acted as if some people were...well...slaves. I think I know how he was able to ignore a type of ethical philosophy in favor of his pragmatism. Jefferson was a man of the intellect. For him and his peers, slaves were inferior, as having meager intelligence. I don't know if it occured to him that any of us, deprived of education, and constrained from honest self expression, would present a very credible argument for human value as measured by some arbitrary standards of intellect. This was before Binet, et al. Oh, Hell. It can't really be defended, can it? He wanted it both ways. He comes off badly because of the age he lived in (as compared to our hindsight perspective), and the ignorance in his heart. This applies to Jesus, and it applies to you...and it applies to me.

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