Jefferson is a very odd bird with regard to religion. Very devout Deist, he actually came to blows with Paine, because Paine was an annoying atheist humanist. Even Madison acknowledged that our form of government requires religious people. "If men were angels..."
Jefferson is a very odd bird with regard to religion. Very devout Deist, he actually came to blows with Paine, because Paine was an annoying
atheisthumanist. Even Madison acknowledged that our form of government requires religious people. "If men were angels..."