> Well wasn't it Jefferson who wrote his own secular version
> of the Bible?
The Jefferson Bible was a cut and paste job in which Thomas Jefferson cut
out passages from the gospels and compiled them together, but left out any
reference to Jesus being the Son of God and of the resurrection. It is
available on the WEB at: http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/
Highly recommended is Jefferson's draft of the Virginia Act for Establishing
Religious Freedom. A slightly modified version of it was adopted by the
Virginia state legislature and is still in effect today. http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/vaact.html