Baptists have helped shape debate about religious freedom for over 400 years – up to today’s 10 Commandments laws
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“The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation.” - RNS
On that prayer Mike Johnson misattributed to Jefferson
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“How the prayer became associated with Jefferson, a deist who famously edited Gospel accounts of miracles out of his own Bible with a blade, turns out to be a yarn unto itself.” - RNS
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Theology Thursday - Thomas Jefferson's "Jesus"
The following letter, and attached “syllabus” on Jesus’ teaching, are from a letter Jefferson to his friend, Dr. Benjamin Rush, in 1803.1
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"Why would the Baptists of 1800 support a man whom opponents called a 'howling atheist,' while some Baptists today refuse to support Romney because of his Mormonism?"
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When Baptists voted for a heretic When Thomas Jefferson won the presidency in 1800, Baptists represented one of his most reliable constituencies. Jefferson’s Baptist supporters knew that the president did not share their evangelical faith, yet they saw him as a great friend of religious liberty.
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