have you read or listened to the Jefferson Bible? Thomas Jefferson basically copied & pasted (used scissors;) to put together his favorite excerpts, which were the sayings of Jesus of Nazareth. he thought much of the Christian religion has been corrupted by jewish beliefs, which he was not impressed with.

https://youtu.be/yMZNeQxm4GE?

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0178-0001

one of the reasons I trust TJ, and consider him a knowledgeable source...JFK found him highly intelligent 🇺🇸

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

--"Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere (161)," April 29, 1962, Public ...