Was Thomas Jefferson A Christian

Was Thomas Jefferson a Christian? Is Thomas Jefferson a Christian in terms of what Christianity is considered today? There are different opinions of whether Thomas Jefferson was a Christian or not. Though some may claim that he was a Christian due to his background in the Church of England and his references to Christianity, I believe Thomas Jefferson was not a Christian. Although it is true that he came from a Christian background and have said stuff that points to Christianity, his belief does not coincide with Christianity, his selectiveness in regard to the Bible shows that he wasn’t a Christian, and his decisions of limiting the power of Christianity in America. Thomas Jefferson was a man who withhold his religious belief to himself.

In fact, Thomas Jefferson mentioned, “the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle” in the Declaration of Independence. He made this claim to argue that freedom of thought was undeniable and that the nature’s God gave people the freedom to choose their religious belief. Although this may be accepted by people today, in early America people strongly believed in a certain Christian denomination. In fact, many people who support this view that God allows us to believe in whatever we want are known as Deists. By making this argument, this further shows that instead of being a Christian, Thomas Jefferson was a Deist. To further continue, Thomas Jefferson proposed the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom in 1786. Its goal was to separate the church from the state. Though there are good reasons to separate the church from the state, it also showed that Thomas Jefferson didn’t like the church presence in the governmental role. In fact, Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Christian ministry and in fact believed the church clergy were corrupt. This caused him to profoundly resent the extraordinary efforts of certain ministers by publishing his work such as State of Religious Freedom and his Notes on the State of Virginia. Due to his publication and strong approval of the separation of church and state sought no religious opinions and no forms of worship

Though he may have believed in a God, he does not believe in the scripture or the entire events that occurred in the Bible. For even though Jews and Muslim believe in one God, they are completely different from Christians because they don’t believe in the New Testament. In fact, Thomas Jefferson himself did not believe in the New Testament because he opposed that Jesus Christ and his supernatural power ever existed. This goes to say that Thomas Jefferson didn’t believe in who Jesus was and instead created his own version that fit with his own rationalism. To make his own Bible and to not believe in Jesus as the Lord and Savior is the key component to knowing that Thomas Jefferson was not a Christian. Though different Christian denomination have their own ways and focus on the Bible, they all have one thing in common, which is that Jesus was the son of God that came down to earth for the sake of our salvation. To claim that one is a Christian, one follow Christ and for Thomas Jefferson, he followed what he believed was rational and moral. He didn’t see Jesus as someone who was divine, but instead someone who was a moral teacher. If people call themselves to be Christians, shouldn’t they believe in Christ for the word Christ is within the word Christian? Furthermore, if the main message of the Christianity was that Jesus was the son of God and came down to die for our sins, as a Christian shouldn’t you believe in it?