To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace. [Ecclesiastes 3:1-3:8]
Thomas Jefferson constructed
his own version of the New Testament compiled with the doctrine of
Jesus, in which he entitled it: The Life and Morals of Jesus of
Nazareth, which has come to be known and published as the
Jefferson Bible. Jefferson excluded all the miracles of Jesus and most of what is supernatural, which include the four
gospels concerning the Resurrection
and any passages that portray, in the eyes of the Apostles, Jesus as
divine. It was because Jefferson relied upon logic. He supported the
Christian faith, but put together the book for his own reference,
never intending to publish it or offend his fellow Christians. Only a
few friends knew it existed and read it before he slept at night.
