On 01-17-98, KEITH KNAPP declared to ROBERT PLETT:
KK>RP>   On his personal religious views: "They are the result of a life of
KK>RP>   inquiry and reflection, and very different from that anti-Christian
KK>RP>   system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions.  To
KK>RP>   the corruption of Christianity, I am, indeed opposed; but not to the
KK>RP>   genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian ..."
KK>RP>    - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, April 21, 1803
KK>That's what a Deist would say, Robert.
Then you have a misconception of what a deist believes.  Among other
things, deists believe God is not active in the affairs of men and
remains outside human experience, a view Jefferson did NOT have.  Deists
can in no sense whatever be described as Christians, nor can I fathom
why any would claim to be one.

KK>Right.  And since church authorities often believed that their sect
KK>should dominate politically (as yours believes)
Pay attention, Keith.  I've made it known many times here, and also
during the course of the current discussion, that I follow no sect, no
group, no man.
Bob     /\-/\   - proud Ilk   homebody@galstar.com
C.A.T. ( o o ) Chapter Ilks
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