tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post8577108496886640471..comments2024-03-23T05:42:07.516-04:00Comments on The Deliberate Agrarian: Visiting Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (Part 1)Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-29484574230096231612008-10-22T22:33:00.000-04:002008-10-22T22:33:00.000-04:00I always find that 'anonymous' is constantly givin...I always find that 'anonymous' is constantly giving insight he/she is neither courageous enough to defend, nor insightful enough to explain.<BR/><BR/>An opinionated dialogue with a ghost is just plain annoying.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-73898731128341589612008-10-22T21:04:00.000-04:002008-10-22T21:04:00.000-04:00Christianity is a religion which is Near Eastern (...Christianity is a religion which is Near Eastern (Jewish) in origin and as such it can NEVER meld completely with people of Western/European origin.<BR/><BR/>Deism is far preferable to weak Christianity -- the role of Christianity in the early founding of America (both amongst the Founding Fathers and early settlers) is vastly over-rated. Most of the earliest settlers were non-religious unless they came here to America to specifically escape religious persecution in Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-62792889754442715782008-10-22T20:54:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:54:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comments Rob & Patrick.Thanks,...Thanks for your comments Rob & Patrick.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Patrick, for pointing out that Jefferson's Deism was not outright athiesm.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I read that when Jefferson went to France with Patsy as a young girl, he placed her in a Catholic convent school, even though they were Protestants. But when Patsy decided that she wanted to be a nun, her father promptly took her out of the school.<BR/><BR/>And thanks too for pointing out that, though there is some evidence, there is no factual proof of the Hemmings/Jefferson realtionship. Historians are divided on the matter.Herrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-63474449498752320012008-10-22T15:26:00.000-04:002008-10-22T15:26:00.000-04:00From one who has studied and portrayed Thomas Jeff...From one who has studied and portrayed Thomas Jefferson professionally for 18 years, there is far more to admire than dispute.<BR/> While not a Chrstian, neither was he a deist of the "clockmaker" persuasion. He held to a far more personal and benevolent deity. The "Jefferson Bible", so-named by others and not him, was a strictly private devotional, specifically for studying the teachings of Jesus. While Jefferson denied the deity of Jesus, he regarded him as the greatest moral teacher who ever lived.<BR/> It's too lengthy to discuss here, but there are no facts to support Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemings' children.<BR/> Monticello IS a marvelous place, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-85253832918219900632008-10-21T22:28:00.000-04:002008-10-21T22:28:00.000-04:00Oh, and great post by the way. I can't wait for p...Oh, and great post by the way. I can't wait for part II. It must have been quite something to visit the estates of these great men of renown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-23432136709434711532008-10-21T22:26:00.000-04:002008-10-21T22:26:00.000-04:00I too have been completely overwhelmed by the live...I too have been completely overwhelmed by the lives these men had lived. Thomas Jefferson was my favorite while growing up, and I was disappointed to know that many of these men followed after the deistic tradition as was prevalent during that time.<BR/><BR/>I had always wondered, 'How do such men who write so often on relying on the grace of God become such deists?' some even questioning the validity of Christs heavenly geneology, but I guess just as you say, as men we are all prone to sin. As was stated, 'but for the Grace of God, there too I also go.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com