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发帖数: 114 | 1 托马斯杰斐逊
美国建国之父第三任总统
世界著名的独立宣言的主要起草人
近代最伟大的的政治哲学家
现代民主与自由的创始人之一
整个人类历史最有影响力的人之一
维吉尼亚大学的创始人，值得注意的是，该校校园以图书馆为中心，而非教堂。
杰弗逊支持政教分离的国家，支持宗教信仰（尤其是基督教以外的宗教信仰）自由
为美国现代在科学技术文学艺术政治个方面上的繁荣奠定了坚实的基础
一些基督徒试图改写历史使杰弗逊成为一个基督徒
以下是他自己有关基督教的结论的原话
"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of
Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have
not advanced one inch towards uniformity." - "自从引入基督教，数百万无辜的男
人，妇女和儿童，被烧毁，毒打，罚款和监禁 ... " 。
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发帖数: 114 | 2 Here are more about the Founding Fathers (besides Thomas Jefferson) of the
United States:
George Washington:
Washington gives us little in his writings to indicate his personal
religious beliefs. As noted by Franklin Steiner in "The Religious Beliefs Of
Our Presidents" (1936), Washington commented on sermons only twice. In his
writings, he never referred to "Jesus Christ." He attended church rarely,
and did not take communion - though Martha did, requiring the family
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发帖数: 114 | 3 Like the other advocates of republicanism, Franklin emphasized that the new
republic could survive only if the people were virtuous in the sense of
attention to civic duty and rejection of corruption. All his life he had
been exploring the role of civic and personal virtue, as expressed in Poor
Richard's aphorisms.
Although Franklin's parents had intended for him to have a career in the
church, Franklin became disillusioned with organized religion after
discovering Deism. "I soon became a thorou |
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