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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: tonto who wrote (110362)12/1/2007 6:42:51 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
Jefferson would likely be best described as a Unitarian in doctrine. He considered himself a Christian though. When he was home he frequently attended church by himself, riding his horse there, and took part in the communal parts of the service.

After his retirement to Monticello, Jefferson continued to attend church services, riding into Charlottesville to the court-house on horseback carrying a small folding chair.[5]
wiki.monticello.org

He should also not be called a deist. He believed in a God who was judgmental and judged nations for their sins. He wrote this re. slavery:

Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
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