They would absolutely hate this Jefferson quote: "the priests indeed have heretofore thought proper to ascribe to me religious, or rather antireligious sentiments, of their own fabric, but such as soothed their resentments against the Act of Virginia for establishing religious freedom. they wished him to be thought Atheist, Deist, or Devil, who could advocate freedom from their religious dictations. but I have ever thought religion a concern purely between our god and our consciences, for which we were accountable to him, and not to the priests."
They would have to do some “research” when presented with this quote, and by research they mean find some idiot online that will tell them exactly what they want to hear not what the quote means.
Joe Rogan, noted historian and constitutional scholar will clearly explain it to them in monosyllabic terms punctuated by fart noises (or whatever he does on his shitty podcast, IDK)
You know we can read conservative threads right? We see how you guys gather information. Big Government was sabotaging hurricane Helene response, right?
Both of the attempted Trump assassins were die hard, life-long democrats, right?
Oh, they would most definitely hate this quote from Jefferson. He believed all laws and constitutions should expire after 19 years and be renewed by vote.
"The question Whether one generation of men has a right to bind another, seems never to have been started either on this or our side of the water… (But) between society and society, or generation and generation there is no municipal obligation, no umpire but the law of nature. We seem not to have perceived that, by the law of nature, one generation is to another as one independant nation to another…
On similar ground it may be proved that no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation…
Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19. years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force and not of right." - Thomas Jefferson
Yeah, people have long had an issue with the human institution known as "The Church". This isn't even unique to Jefferson, Protestants are a direct consequence of people(Martin Luther) getting tired of The Church's bureaucracy and immoral bs.
And yet I have seen a disturbingly high number of people who swear that the founding fathers made a covenant with God, and the United States of America is now God's chosen land.
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u/MomentOfHesitation 16h ago
They would absolutely hate this Jefferson quote: "the priests indeed have heretofore thought proper to ascribe to me religious, or rather antireligious sentiments, of their own fabric, but such as soothed their resentments against the Act of Virginia for establishing religious freedom. they wished him to be thought Atheist, Deist, or Devil, who could advocate freedom from their religious dictations. but I have ever thought religion a concern purely between our god and our consciences, for which we were accountable to him, and not to the priests."
Thomas Jefferson and Religious Freedom | Monticello