Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson's Opinions

Politics Is censorship acceptable? Disagree Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it. Edit Pitches 01 Jan 1786    Source Should religious institutions be separated from government? Agree Religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state. Edit Pitches 07 Oct 1801    Source

Science Does God exist? Neutral Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. Edit Pitches 01 Jan 1787    Source Do we have an immaterial soul? Disagree To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, God, are immaterial, is to say they are nothings, or that there is no God, no angels, no soul. I cannot reason otherwise [...]. At what age of the Christian church this heresy of immaterialism, this masked atheism, crept in, I do not know. But a heresy it certainly is. Jesus told us indeed that 'God is a spirit,' but he has not defined what a spirit is, nor said that it is not matter. Edit Pitches 15 Aug 1820    Source

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Conforming Opinions

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