tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post4162966673531582116..comments2024-03-07T02:17:34.434-08:00Comments on Tom In Paine: Did Texas celebrate July 4th? If so, why?Marc Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10746456438052849715noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-70973822029081375022010-07-07T15:31:30.858-07:002010-07-07T15:31:30.858-07:00Can we ASK Texas to secede?Can we ASK Texas to secede?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-87774534257745428282010-07-06T07:34:28.927-07:002010-07-06T07:34:28.927-07:00I would have to say I am mighty happy my children ...I would have to say I am mighty happy my children do not go to school in Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-76700742857132940232010-07-06T07:29:55.114-07:002010-07-06T07:29:55.114-07:00If anyone is interested, here is an interesting we...If anyone is interested, here is an interesting website that spells out Jefferson's feelings about Jesus and religion: http://tinyurl.com/ne24n<br /><br />(small excerpt from Jefferson's 1820 letter to William Short)<br /><br />"But while this syllabus is meant to place the character of Jesus in its true and high light, as no impostor Himself, but a great Reformer of the Hebrew code of religion, it is not to be understood that I am with Him in all His doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance towards forgiveness of sin; I require counterpoise of good works to redeem it, etc., etc. It is the innocence of His character, the purity and sublimity of His moral precepts, the eloquence of His inculcations, the beauty of the apologues in which He conveys them, that I so much admire; sometimes, indeed, needing indulgence to eastern hyperbolism."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com