raly i think he was both but i could be wrong. i mean yes he did some great thing but he also contradicted himself to the point of***** so what would you say about a man who for one though there was a reason to everything and well just didn't except the posiblity that maybe there are just thing in the world your can't reason or explaine away. was he inspired by heaven and hell both?
2006-12-13 02:22:02 · 8 answers · asked by theresa s 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Neither, he was inspired by a desire to create an environment in which MAN could flourish. At the time, most people thought slavery was perfectly acceptable and saddly didn't think of Africans as men or women, but animals. Luckily we as a global culture have more or less corrected that oversight.
2006-12-13 02:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson was HUMAN, which means that he had both good and bad qualities. You should also bear in mind the fact that he was a product of the Enlightenment, so it wasn't unusual for prominent men like him to place more emphasis on reason than religion. And besides, what's wrong with someone placing a lot of value on reason? After all, God gave each of us a brain. It's just a pity that some of us never use it.
2006-12-13 02:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by tangerine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. He didn't believe in heaven and hell - he was a deist.
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de·ism (dzm, d-) Pronunciation Key Audio pronunciation of "deist" [P]
n.
The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.
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>> there are just thing in the world your can't reason or explaine away
Examples? I've never come across anything I haven't been able to pose in terms of natural events.
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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.
-- Thomas Jefferson
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/jefferson.htm
2006-12-13 02:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is an old Cherokee Legend that states each of us have two wolves living and fighting inside of us. one wolf represents good and the other represents evil. the wolf that is winning is the one we feed the most. therefore each person can feed a different wolf each day depending upon certain circumstances.
2006-12-13 02:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a great man. Everyone makes mistakes in his or her life.
2006-12-13 02:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by godsapostolic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, the grammar is beyond my decoding skills right now. What??
2006-12-13 02:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As with all people, a little of both. :)
2006-12-13 02:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Mav here! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had his moments, I guess.
2006-12-13 02:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋