Also known as "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels", compiled by Thomas Jefferson. The text can be found at http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/deist1999/jeff_bible.htm.
2006-10-18 04:06:17 · 4 answers · asked by Byron A 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jefferson was a "Christian Deist", which is someone who is a Deist, but molds his life on what they percieve to be Jesus' true teachings, not because he was sent from God but because he was a wise man. I am printing it off the internet. I have never read it myself, but I have read the Gospels (back when I believed in the Bible as the Word of God), so I will soon find out!!!
2006-10-18 04:17:57 · update #1
I think it was one stepped removed from the ideal... Yshua ben Ysef had a decent message but you've really got to drag it out of all the bull$#!+ and clean it off and present it properly.
"Love universally, and love your neighbor, and love yourself."
2006-10-18 04:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's an interesting concept--just trying to pare the Bible down to the essentials, or, what God said.
But I tried reading the Bible that way, and I found it made very little sense without the added context of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
2006-10-18 11:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just bought it but haven't had a chance to read it. How do you like it? I know that Jefferson was a Deist, so I consider his Bible as part of his progression.
2006-10-18 11:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
good
2006-10-18 11:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by johnkermitabbott 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋