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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (208803)	10/26/2004 10:12:02 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1574616

True, he was trying to gain support, but does that make his religious convictions any less certain? It is through Jefferson's many letters that his deist philosophy is reveiled, not through the Declaration of Independance specificly. We must remember that Jefferson was more than a philosopher, he was also a polititian. TP

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (208803)	10/27/2004 1:45:33 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574616

TP, you're arguing semantics. Creator, God, Gaia, Kahless, whatever. Why would Jefferson even mention a "Creator" in the first place? Why would he not mention God? After all, most in the colonies were Christian. Can you not see that "Creator" is about as ecumenical as you can get.....esp. back then? Think about who created the king of England's "divine right to rule," and why Jefferson needed to refer to a higher authority. True, he was trying to gain support, but does that make his religious convictions any less certain But he wasn't addressing his own religious convictions. He was Christian and believed in God. When he used the term Creator, he was addressing everyone's God and/or benefactor. Creator, even capitalized, is certainly a generic term for a deity. ted