Don, read the whole quote (it's not my quote; it's the historians quote).
It says he believed in one God, in divine providence, in the divine moral law, in rewards and punishments after death, etc. They call him a Christian deist BECAUSE - that BECAUSE is important - BECAUSE he saw Christianity as the highest expression of natural religion, etc., and I am telling you that because he saw the Christian religion as the "highest expression of natural religion" he did indeed incorporate Christian thought and imagery into his documents. I never said he was a Christian - he was not. He was a deist, and believed in on God, in divine providence, etc., and believed that Christianity IS THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION of natural religion. That doesn't make him saved but it DOES make him NOT AN AGNOSTIC and NOT AN ATHEIST.
I maintain the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (which Jefferson DID NOT write, but James Monroe did most of it) are Biblically based.
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