some new england towns are telling people that if jefferson wednesday the election they need to hide their bibles. this also becomes a political issue. so jefferson begins to think about the moral basis and corresponds with a small group of friend. this leads to a series of letters he writes to his friends, as well as earlier projects in which he is trying to get to the essence of the teachings of jesus, which he finds to be the most moral of any teaching. and this could be a basis. other enlightened men -- looking at what was written and trying to discern through this what can andeasoned and identified what is possibly superstition added to the teaching. bibles and he starts cutting them up. and they are trying to extract the moral teachings of jesus. this is a project he is never quite satisfied with. he order some more bibles. starts to cut up the passages of the gospel of the new testament. he puts them in chronological and removes or extracts those parts that can be identified through reason and thought. out goes the merrick kohl's, out goes the resurrection. what remains is what he thinks i

as opposed any contrast that with thomas jefferson who had a version of the bible, the jefferson bible he edited the bible basically the new testament to remove references that's unbelievable or anything i was in the jefferson bible concludes with the death of christ. there is no record of resurrection or miracles. my father uses those two important figures as contrasts and tells -- delivers a speech often to get the players and telling them that thomas moore is a great model for you and i will review the end of the speech. it is in the hope of most speakers to impart wisdom and it has been my hope to impart to those already twice in christ the courage to have their wisdom regarded as stupidity and are we thought to be fools? no doubt but as st. paul wrote to the corinthians we are fools for christ sake and are rethought to be easily led and childish? christ did describe us as she. instead we should not get to heaven unless we became like little children. it was a reminder specific christian audience that they would be seen as peculiar to non-christians particularly in secular environm

as oppose -- he contrasted that with thomas jefferson, who had a version of the bible that jefferson bible, he edited the bible, the new testament, the gospels, to remove references to anything miraculous or unbelievable. so, the jefferson new testament concludes with the death of christ. there's no resurrection. as just one example. and no miracles, obviously. so my father uses those two important figures as contrasts and tells -- he delivers a speech often to groups of catholic lawyers and telling them that st. thomas moore is a great model for you and i willing just read the end of this speech. it is the hope of mores speakers to impart wisdom, and it has been my hope item port to those already wise in christ the courage to have their wisdom rather an steweddity. are we thought be fools in no doubt but as st. paul wrote to the corinthians we're fools for christ's sake and are we thought to be ease lid led in childish? christ described us as his sheep and said we should not get to heaven unless we became like little children. so, it was a reminder to a specifically christian audienc

jefferson. and he was a very fervent, bible-believing baptist but he left jefferson. he but jefferson was a gift of god. and he knew about jefferson to an extent, but jefferson's theology, that he disagreed with , but he thought jefferson was just such a gift to the nation because of jefferson's politics. and he knew about jefferson to . and he spoke about him like he was a biblical figure or something, so he had religious meaning and value even for baptists who disagreed with him. and he valued the baptists' take on politics because they read so well with what he thought of, as you were saying describing his view of religion as basically about morality and freedom for individuals. his accountok in books, he was very generous in giving money to ministers. he maintained friendships with many ministers, including ministers that he would not have agreed with on theological matters. was of some importance to him. when you look at jefferson's views, especially some of the anticlerical statements that he makes, and he makes some very harsh ones. i think it's always useful t

jefferson. he actually was a fervent bible believing baptist. and he loved jefferson. he thought jefferson was a gift of god. he knew about jefferson theology and that he disagreed with. but he thought jefferson was such a gift to the nation because of jefferson's politics. and he spoke about him like he was a biblical figure or something. so he had religious meaning and value even for baptists who day disagreed with him. he valued the baptist's take on politics because they read so well with what he thought of as his view of religion as basically about morality and freedom for individuals. >> if you look at his account book. s, he was very generous in giving money to ministers. he maintained friendships with many ministers, include iing th he would not have fwraeed with on theological matters. this was of some importance to him. when you look at jefferson's views, especially some of the an tee clerical statements he makes, i think it's always useful to look at the context in which he makes them. for example, some of the harsh anticlerical statements he makes is in the

principles of the bible and on god himself -- and that was purely the intent of the founders when they created the constitution, the declaration of independence, even thomas jeffersonmaking no law respecting religion no restricting the free exercise thereof, all of it based on bible principle. now a nation built that way and growing that way was the most blessed nation in the world, and we seemed to have the answers to all the worlds problems. then we began to try to be more like the rest of the world, and it became more. somebody became afraid they were going to be offended, and then the school kids -- imagine this paradox. where these tragedies took place, they had been denied the right to have prayer and began the school day. in the writings and the essays, somebody might be offended. now, instead of prayer and drugs, there's guns, this violence, there is a connection, a connection between what happened and he listening that people are doing now, and billy billy's departure to heaven today, they reside with god who created us, so i was afraid as billy was getting older that the younger generation just might never know who billy graham was. i wrote a song ended a